XPost: can.politics, edm.general

In article <s97i8d$bsd$2@dont-email.me>,
Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca> wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jun 2021 23:40:26 -0700, Greg Carr wrote:

On Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 3:11:40 PM UTC-7, Eric@ wrote:

'Edmonton Elks new name for CFL team'

"It's a new day for the CFL crew that can finally tear off the

temporary nickname it used

over the past 11 months and finally refer to itself as something

other than the Edmonton

Football Team."

https://edmontonsun.com/sports/football/cfl/ee-football/edmonton-elks-new-name-for-cfl-team

I can see three problems here...

1. It's a dumb name

2. The plural of Elk is Elk, not Elks, unless they're talking about

the fraternal

organization*

3. I don't think the animal is very representative of Edmonton. How

often are elk seen

there?



*The Elks had modest beginnings in 1868 as a social club for minstrel

show performers,

called the "Jolly Corks"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_and_Protective_Order_of_Elks

Uh oh.

I prefer Eskimos. I have a green EE hat I bought around 1986.

"Eskimo" is a Cree word for "Hillbillies too poor to cook their meat."

Dhu

Elks really suck!

That is as popular as Capital-Ex !

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XPost: can.politics, edm.general

On Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:12:28 +0000, The Doctor wrote:

In article <s97i8d$bsd$2@dont-email.me>,
Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca> wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jun 2021 23:40:26 -0700, Greg Carr wrote:

On Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 3:11:40 PM UTC-7, Eric@ wrote:

'Edmonton Elks new name for CFL team'

"It's a new day for the CFL crew that can finally tear off the

temporary nickname it used

over the past 11 months and finally refer to itself as something

other than the Edmonton

Football Team."

https://edmontonsun.com/sports/football/cfl/ee-football/edmonton-elks-new-name-for-cfl-team

I can see three problems here...

1. It's a dumb name

2. The plural of Elk is Elk, not Elks, unless they're talking about

the fraternal

organization*

3. I don't think the animal is very representative of Edmonton. How >>often are elk seen
there?



*The Elks had modest beginnings in 1868 as a social club for minstrel >>show performers,
called the "Jolly Corks"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_and_Protective_Order_of_Elks

Uh oh.

I prefer Eskimos. I have a green EE hat I bought around 1986.

"Eskimo" is a Cree word for "Hillbillies too poor to cook their meat."

Dhu

Elks really suck!

That is as popular as Capital-Ex !

My Vote's for "Tarsand Days". We already got
the Oilers and Oil Kings...

We'll hold a blackface contest for Oil Workers
that'll have *everyone* outraged!

Dhu




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C'est une esp`ece de sauvage: ne obliviscaris, vix ea nostra voco;-)

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On Wed, 2 Jun 2021 16:54:44 -0000 (UTC), Dhu on Gate
<campbell@neotext.ca> wrote:

My Vote's for "Tarsand Days". We already got
the Oilers and Oil Kings...

My take is that the new logo is nothing short of appalling.

As I understand it all the finalist names started with the letter E -
if the intent was not to retain the familiar green and gold "EE" in an
oval what WAS it?

Because for sure the new logo completely sucks.

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XPost: can.politics, edm.general

In article <juphbg9lt76g5ovu9ie15epesk46poj96s@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Wed, 2 Jun 2021 16:54:44 -0000 (UTC), Dhu on Gate
<campbell@neotext.ca> wrote:

My Vote's for "Tarsand Days". We already got
the Oilers and Oil Kings...

My take is that the new logo is nothing short of appalling.

As I understand it all the finalist names started with the letter E -
if the intent was not to retain the familiar green and gold "EE" in an
oval what WAS it?

Because for sure the new logo completely sucks.

So does the marketing.

It reminds of a certain Capital-Ex .
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