People who change names of popular/well known things ie. Arsgas (Argus)

[Puppet Master]

The nicknames people come up with for our players on here makes me sick.

Sidders, Stockers, Knocky, Muzza.... the worst one I've seen recently was Balders..... cringe. Pure baby talk. Just use their names!

 

[Badger]

The nicknames people come up with for our players on here makes me sick.

Sidders, Stockers, Knocky, Muzza.... the worst one I've seen recently was Balders..... cringe. Pure baby talk. Just use their names!

It could be worse, we could be in Australia.

Siddo, Stocko, Knocko, Muzzo, Baldo etc.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Windoze, Microshaft, Southern Fail and northern monkey. The last one cos just saw an article about Shteve van McClaren

 

[El Presidente]

It could be worse, we could be in Australia.

Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce etc.

Corrected for you x

 

[El Presidente]

Try typing in the name of the referee at Boro' last season into NSC and see what you get...

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Try typing in the name of the referee at Boro' last season into NSC and see what you get...

Can't see anything wrong?

 

[GT49er]

Fakebook
Manure
Chelski
Palarse

Are you all 5 years old ?

What's your problem? Quite a normal thing, nicknames, or made-up names for things or practices that then become universally or widely used. Listen to footballers (or cricketers) being interviewed about their team mates - Stockers, Sidders, Giggsy, Scholesey - the list could go on and on.
Made up words become 'legit' if universally used - for example, what has 'gooner' got to do with Arsenal, after all? Nothing, so why use it? - answer: it's used because everyone knows what it means.
There's a good reason why the Guardian gets called the Grauniad, and everybody knew why the News of the World was called the News of the Screws!
And don't even ask where some of the words for certain sexual practices came from! Someone, somewhere, made them up, that's all. Common useage and development of the English language.
Geez, one day some idiot might come up with a collective noun for posters on North Stand Chat.......

NSCers anybody..........?

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

Tw@tford.

 

[Boys 9d]

Going back to the early days of the London Underground, Punch magazine called the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway the Bakerloo Railway. Did the name stick?

 

[CHAPPERS]

Nice thread, Plopkins

 

[hopkins]

What's your problem? Quite a normal thing, nicknames, or made-up names for things or practices that then become universally or widely used. Listen to footballers (or cricketers) being interviewed about their team mates - Stockers, Sidders, Giggsy, Scholesey - the list could go on and on.
Made up words become 'legit' if universally used - for example, what has 'gooner' got to do with Arsenal, after all? Nothing, so why use it? - answer: it's used because everyone knows what it means.
There's a good reason why the Guardian gets called the Grauniad, and everybody knew why the News of the World was called the News of the Screws!
And don't even ask where some of the words for certain sexual practices came from! Someone, somewhere, made them up, that's all. Common useage and development of the English language.
Geez, one day some idiot might come up with a collective noun for posters on North Stand Chat.......

NSCers anybody..........?

How are my examples "a development of the English language ?".

 

[Eeyore]

No. But neither is Tim..

https://youtu.be/xiR0udNWUtg

 

[Algernon]

Never heard of Fakebook. Assume you're referring to Friendface.

Or Facecloth.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Isn't Primark also known as Primani?

 

[marlowe]

Isn't Primark also known as Primani?

I thought it was Primarche (with acute accent on last e)

 

[AmexRuislip]

I thought it was Primarche (with acute accent on last e)

New one on me
I'm guessing Primani is a local London quote

 

[marlowe]

Isn't Primark also known as Primani?

There's also Piquot (pronounced Pico) for Peacocks

 

[marlowe]

I thought it was Primarche (with acute accent on last e)

And in the tradition of giving these downmarket shops a more chic French sounding name you pronounce Millets as "mee-ai"

 

[GT49er]

How are my examples "a development of the English language ?".

Common usage. Do you really not understand, for instance, why and how Chelsea are now often referred to as Chelski? Really? Not even the tiniest clue?

 

[hopkins]

Common usage. Do you really not understand, for instance, why and how Chelsea are now often referred to as Chelski? Really? Not even the tiniest clue?

I get the idea BUT I think they were initially used to raise a smile but now its tedious.