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Best college mascot
« on: April 06, 2008, 11:04:14 AM » |
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Re: Best college mascot
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2008, 11:07:53 AM » |
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Re: Best college mascot
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2008, 10:29:27 AM » |
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LOL  But how is GEO ducks pronounced GOO-EY ducks. |
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Re: Best college mascot
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2008, 10:45:47 AM » |
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LOL But how is GEO ducks pronounced GOO-EY ducks. Apparently, it's due to a spelling error. Link(The phonetic pronunciation of "gooey-duck" has roots in a Nisqually First Nations name "gwe-duk" that means "dig-deep." Somewhere along the line, "gwe-duk" was anglicized to "goeduck." A later typo in anthropological records takes us to today's spelling of "geoduck," even though the original pronunciation has sort of been maintained.) I figure this error's not nearly as egregious as naming indigenous North American "Indians".  |
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Re: Best college mascot
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2008, 11:34:16 AM » |
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Re: Best college mascot
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2008, 11:48:27 AM » |
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Apparently, it's due to a spelling error
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Re: Best college mascot
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2008, 11:50:33 AM » |
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Apparently, it's due to a spelling error
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Re: Best college mascot
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2008, 08:20:20 PM » |
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Don't forget about the UC Santa Barbara Banana Slugs! ( I think that's the name), and we watched Sunday Morning this past week, and there is a community college whose mascot is the Artichoke (it has heart).
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Re: Best college mascot
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2008, 06:12:16 PM » |
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Don't forget about the UC Santa Barbara Banana Slugs! ( I think that's the name), and we watched Sunday Morning this past week, and there is a community college whose mascot is the Artichoke (it has heart).
Totally not to be an ass, but it's UC Santa Cruz that's the Banana Slugs, not Santa Barbara. UC Santa Barbara is probably the Saline Implants or something (It's actually the Gaucho's, although I'm not sure if they're referring to the pants or the hispanic cowboy. Probably the former.) |
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Re: Best college mascot
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2009, 11:40:40 AM » |
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Re: Best college mascot
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2009, 04:24:49 PM » |
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The geoduck looks like another opportunity for Blader Industries.
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