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Subject: "frisbee" names and so on
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> From: Wayne_Retter@watsonwyatt.co.uk
>
> >(e.g. "Fingers 6 Steps Ahead of our Minds" is a damn site less
> >enthralling than "Manchester Metropolitan University Ultimate")
>
> with apologies to Fingers 6 - for "less" read "more" !
>
Yeah thanks Wayne, you were in danger of a lynching the next time we
see you.
> Oh, and I'm not suggesting their name is "unsavoury", though, like the
> recent "Whiplash" comments, the origin of the name could be
> misinterpreted.
Although I must admit we have played it up a little recently with our
"when 5 fingers just aren't enough" slogan.
I think someone touched on a fair point mentioning the way the
aussies dropped the word frisbee for "disc." I don't think anyone I
know playing ultimate uses the word in general conversation or in a
game. The problem is that if you want to avoid saying you play
"frisbee" with all the attitude that creates you're left with saying
you play "ultimate" which can sometimes stick in the throat as a bit
self-inflated. Of course thare ain't anything we can do as it all
comes back to those crazee college kids back in the good ol' swinging
sixties who probably never thought about getting sponsorship from
their local pub would be an issue!
Oh yeah, some of those who came up with the "f6saoom" idea now form
the back-bone of one of the top clubs in the country (chevvy) so I
think we can see the progress from the less to the more seriuos side
of ultimate.
Tu'penny worth over,
Paul
Fingers Six (obviously)-------------------------------
Paul Guest
University of Manchester
P.P.Guest@stud.man.ac.uk
MBGA5PPG@fs1.eng.man.ac.uk