Major Isewater Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Now I can understand it a bit if during the rage of battle that a player may call out ‘ Al ‘ instead of ‘Alexander ‘ but when someone in the game has a one syllable name , hello Dean Holden , why does it get changed to ‘ Deano’ ? I have heard references to Deano and Simmo for our coaching staff, though I wait to hear Downo or Keitho . I personally can’t see him lasting long as his name just doesn’t fit. In the transfer forum there is a perfectly good two syllable player going out on loan who , for some incomprehensible reason, is referred to as ‘ Haks ‘ and not ‘ Hakeeb ‘ or even ‘Hako ‘ I can’t find any rhyme or reason to it .Have any of you got an ideal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew me Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 I dunno knowo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilC Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Not sure Magey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Patto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Believesham Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 So what's the deal with Nagy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Now I can understand it a bit if during the rage of battle that a player may call out ‘ Al ‘ instead of ‘Alexander ‘ but when someone in the game has a one syllable name , hello Dean Holden , why does it get changed to ‘ Deano’ ? I have heard references to Deano and Simmo for our coaching staff, though I wait to hear Downo or Keitho . I personally can’t see him lasting long as his name just doesn’t fit. In the transfer forum there is a perfectly good two syllable player going out on loan who , for some incomprehensible reason, is referred to as ‘ Haks ‘ and not ‘ Hakeeb ‘ or even ‘Hako ‘ I can’t find any rhyme or reason to it .Have any of you got an ideal ? When Saturday Comes had an article on this yonks ago, and I recall one example being the abbreviation of a 2 syllable surname, and the addition of -y to a single syllable surname, giving the daft situation where Kevin Sheedy and Peter Reid would be known as Sheeds and Reidy. Even back then, they concluded it was nonsense. Off on a tangent, I recall a friend telling me about the stupidity of nicknames in the armed forces (he was in the marines): as an example anyone with a surname Webb got called Spider, even if there were multiple Webbs, meaning a whole load of people got called Spider, defeating the very point of nicknames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 I think it's just sheer laziness as nobody can be bothered to think of a better or more appropriate nickname. Journalists do it all the time as Robson inevitably becomes Robbo etc, although they do swap endings sometimes as Gascoigne becomes Gazza. What I hate it when journos and commentators don't bother with a teams perfectly adequate nickname but just refer to the colour of their shirts such as Ipswich, Peterborough and Gillingham being called the blues. I've even seen Leeds referred to as the Lilywhites, which is just plain wrong and upsetting for Preston fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 34 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Now I can understand it a bit if during the rage of battle that a player may call out ‘ Al ‘ instead of ‘Alexander ‘ but when someone in the game has a one syllable name , hello Dean Holden , why does it get changed to ‘ Deano’ ? I have heard references to Deano and Simmo for our coaching staff, though I wait to hear Downo or Keitho . I personally can’t see him lasting long as his name just doesn’t fit. In the transfer forum there is a perfectly good two syllable player going out on loan who , for some incomprehensible reason, is referred to as ‘ Haks ‘ and not ‘ Hakeeb ‘ or even ‘Hako ‘ I can’t find any rhyme or reason to it .Have any of you got an ideal ? I would suggest that a nickname is as much about demonstrating trust, acceptance and friendship as it is about the efficiency of communication. Calling someone by a nickname, and allowing someone to call you by a nickname is a public way of declaring that you see that person as a friend, or are trying to be accepted as such. I'd give the example of shouting a child's full name at them if they are in trouble, but calling them by a pet name when you want to show affection. The level of formality you use when addressing or referring to another human is important in conveying the respect in which you hold them. I say this as a man who has an incredibly persistent nickname, one with exactly the same number of letters and syllables as my real name. I've been nicknamed for decades, teachers even used my nickname at school, and the nickname itself is now shortened by my closest friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Whatever you do, don't call Bemmie, Bedmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prinny Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Marlon Packs nickname was... um... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneTeamInBristol Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 I once heard Diony being referred to as 'petrified carthorse' but I don't think they understood the shortening aspect of a nickname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, Prinny said: Marlon Packs nickname was... um... Old bloke in the Dolman sat behind me used to shout that out, totally innocently (i hope). Lots of awkward looks but he was oblivious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj77 Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 What is worse is when the middle classes call it Footy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRed Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Worse still, hubby has gone to the footy. Ground for divorce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchers Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 I know Clarks were given "Nobby" as a knickname and Stew or Stewie for Stewart but could'nt understand how Famara became Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Me The Money! Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Think it’s just cause your getting old Majoro. I used to go by Gaz when I was a kid and that stuck through all my years playing amateur footy also. Just go by plain old Gareth now I’ve hung up my boots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Off piste a bit but did you hear about the couple Sid and Sally, who were known as Sad and Silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 20 minutes ago, RidgeRed said: Worse still, hubby has gone to the footy. Ground for divorce? Ground for divorce = The Mem Stad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 41 minutes ago, Prinny said: Marlon Packs nickname was... um... Packy....in case anyone was wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 I reckon the best football nickname was Fitz Hall, whose nickname was One Size. Another good one was rugby’s Martin Offiah, whose nickname was chariots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneTeamInBristol Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, David Brent said: Packy....in case anyone was wondering No one was wondering, everyone knew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Vague memory of reading in The Bountyhunter or similar a report of Martin Scott using a particularly great one in an on-field exchange with Dziekanowski: "tackle back you lazy Polish c>nt." Not sure it rolls off the tongue as well as Jacki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: Now I can understand it a bit if during the rage of battle that a player may call out ‘ Al ‘ instead of ‘Alexander ‘ but when someone in the game has a one syllable name , hello Dean Holden , why does it get changed to ‘ Deano’ ? I have heard references to Deano and Simmo for our coaching staff, though I wait to hear Downo or Keitho . I personally can’t see him lasting long as his name just doesn’t fit. In the transfer forum there is a perfectly good two syllable player going out on loan who , for some incomprehensible reason, is referred to as ‘ Haks ‘ and not ‘ Hakeeb ‘ or even ‘Hako ‘ I can’t find any rhyme or reason to it .Have any of you got an ideal ? Your first sentence has most of the answer. In football its due to the simplicity of communication. Names and gamespeak are shortened in an effort to create triggers. Hello Dean Holden can you please apply pressure to the player in possession becomes DEANO PRESS. The former is inefficient as a means of communicating on a football pitch, the latter is far easier for the brain to process via pre frontal cortex and cerebellum to the motor cortex. Unwittingly this process becomes habit forming and an accepted norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 The chief, wayne alison, well earned. Anyone know why he got that nickname? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 hour ago, exAtyeoMax said: Whatever you do, don't call Bemmie, Bedmo Indeed. As spokesperson @CyderInACan says.... https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bedmo-backlash-bedminsters-nickname-traditional-53751 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everreddy Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 The most stupid nickname of all is calling us the "Robins".......alongside Swindle, Cheltenham, Frome Town....etc., etc., - and that nasty fat bird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Indeed. As spokesperson @CyderInACan says.... https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bedmo-backlash-bedminsters-nickname-traditional-53751 Go Mr Coombs!!! Bemmie native…? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 20 minutes ago, OneTeamInBristol said: No one was wondering, everyone knew... I know they did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanta_Red Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Major Isewater said: In the transfer forum there is a perfectly good two syllable player going out on loan who , for some incomprehensible reason, is referred to as ‘ Haks ‘ and not ‘ Hakeeb ‘ or even ‘Hako ‘ I can’t find any rhyme or reason to it .Have any of you got an ideal ? Beats me. Almost as much of a mystery as Bristolians adding an 'L' to the ends of words.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 I dont get why every footballer called Matthew gets called Matty. Ive not once met a bloke called Matthew that goes by Matty rather than Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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