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Saturday, November 14, 2009

NZ goes to World Cup of Football (real football)

WOO HOO
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16 comments:

  1. M. BouffantNovember 14, 2009 at 3:14 AM

    Just because you lot use your feet is no reason to get all hissy about it.

    Besides, "handball" was already taken when we got around to it.

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  2. M. BouffantNovember 14, 2009 at 3:32 AM

    Having clicked, I see you just want people to make fun of the team name.

    Best of luck anyway.

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  3. herr doktor bimlerNovember 14, 2009 at 11:05 AM

    Originally they were called the Albinos, but TV commentators could never decide whether to pronounce it "al-BEE-nos" or "al-BY-nos".

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  4. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©November 14, 2009 at 11:31 AM

    As a fan of the Washington Redskins (*sniff*), I find the N.Z. team name outrageous!

    P.S. How about the "AL-bin-ohs", herr doktor?
    ~

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  5. herr doktor bimlerNovember 14, 2009 at 12:11 PM

    We do not need pronounciation suggestions from people who elide the penultimate syllable in 'aluminium'.

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  6. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©November 14, 2009 at 12:44 PM

    Imagine my surprise upon arriving in Ohio and finding that the nearby town of Newark was pronounced "Nurk" (alt. "Nerk", and "Nirk" is apparently acceptable as well).
    ~

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  7. Hamish MackNovember 14, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    Well in terms of New Zild sports teams names, we cannot past the troubles that afflicted the NZ Badminton team The Black Cocks
    Ha ha can't you take a joke etc. etc.

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  8. fishNovember 14, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    We do not need pronounciation suggestions from people who elide the penultimate syllable in 'aluminium'.

    How about spelling suggestions?

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  9. Cholmondelay Bimler, of WorcestershireNovember 14, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    Imagine my surprise upon arriving in Ohio and finding that the nearby town of Newark was pronounced "Nurk"
    I find that difficult to imagine.

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  10. Throat Wobbler MangroveNovember 14, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    Tell me about it

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  11. M. BouffantNovember 14, 2009 at 3:55 PM

    The "All-Blacks" are an Aussie team, aren't they? Rugby or something?

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  12. Substance McGravitasNovember 14, 2009 at 4:03 PM

    And you beat mighty Bahrain, surely the finest Muslim football country beginning with B.

    Wet my bants.

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  13. zombie rotten mcdonaldNovember 15, 2009 at 8:38 AM

    We do not need pronounciation suggestions from people who elide the penultimate syllable in 'aluminium'.

    If you pronounce 'masonry' as 'masonary' I will be forced to eat your brains.

    I fear to even ask about 'nuclear'

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  14. Hamish MackNovember 15, 2009 at 12:15 PM

    The "All-Blacks" are an Aussie team, aren't they? Rugby or something?
    That's the Aussie "Running Dogs" you're confusing them with.

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  15. herr doktor bimlerNovember 15, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    I fear to even ask about 'nuclear'

    New Zealand's N*cl**r-Free Zone legislation is so strict that we are not even allowed to type the word, let alone pronounce it.

    We do not talk much either about the NZ cricket team (teh Black Sticks), but that is because the team is embarrassing, rather than the name.

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  16. Hamish MackNovember 15, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    Black Caps, Herr Doktor.Thus we can make jokes about them through their name e.g. Flat cats, Blocked craps etc. The Black sticks is teh Hockey team, who win quite frequently, unlike the so-called cricket team

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