| How many other teams in the top four divisions… 07:36 - Jan 12 with 5477 views | ZapatasMoustache |
… have a singular nickname? The Gas strikes me as pretty unusual. I can only think of the Toon. |  | | |  |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:30 - Jan 12 with 1312 views | Sharkey |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:07 - Jan 12 by Europablue |
Technically gas is uncountable, so there is no plural or singular form. |
It' is uncountable but also clearly countable. "This gas is dangerous and those gases are not", for example. |  | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:33 - Jan 12 with 1307 views | bournemouthblue |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:30 - Jan 12 by Rocky |
Talking of nick-names, the Tractor Boys is of course relatively recent. But when did Sunderland become the Black Cats and Nottm Forest the Tricky Trees?
I don't recall those names growing up [many years ago]. |
The Tricky Trees is a particularly crap nickname you have to say
Watford's Golden Boys is equally naff |  |
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:36 - Jan 12 with 1292 views | gainsboroughblue |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:30 - Jan 12 by Rocky |
Talking of nick-names, the Tractor Boys is of course relatively recent. But when did Sunderland become the Black Cats and Nottm Forest the Tricky Trees?
I don't recall those names growing up [many years ago]. |
I probably wouldn't stray too far from that prick Tim Lovejoy and the Soccer am banter era for a few of these new 'nicknames'. |  |
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:44 - Jan 12 with 1269 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:30 - Jan 12 by Rocky |
Talking of nick-names, the Tractor Boys is of course relatively recent. But when did Sunderland become the Black Cats and Nottm Forest the Tricky Trees?
I don't recall those names growing up [many years ago]. |
I don't know the answer but remember that Forest used to have a coat of arms with two stags on it. They changed to the horrible tree motif sometime in the mid-seventies. I would guess that their tree nickname was first coined some time after that. [Post edited 12 Jan 11:49]
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 13:08 - Jan 12 with 1193 views | Cafe_Newman |
The pride of Anglia - Town
The §h1t of Anglia - Budgies |  | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 13:58 - Jan 12 with 1151 views | jontysnut |
Scottish clubs set a high nickname standard.
Forfar Athletic= The Loons |  | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 14:12 - Jan 12 with 1124 views | Vic |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 09:37 - Jan 12 by bsw72 |
Errr, aren’t these all plurals? |
Agree! I think that basically we’re looking for nicknames that don’t have an ‘s’ on the end. |  |
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 16:13 - Jan 12 with 1084 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 14:12 - Jan 12 by Vic |
Agree! I think that basically we’re looking for nicknames that don’t have an ‘s’ on the end. |
Which seems to be lots.
Ironically, the Gas does have an s on the end too! |  |
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 16:21 - Jan 12 with 1070 views | Nutkins_Return |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 08:26 - Jan 12 by keighleyblue |
Blades.
Owls.
Lions.
Tigers.
Wolves.
Robins.
Millers.
etc.
etc. |
You've had an absolute mare here 😂 |  |
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 16:25 - Jan 12 with 1065 views | StevieH |
No longer in the top 4 divisions but I think Scunthorpe are ‘The Iron’ |  | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 16:34 - Jan 12 with 1034 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
No longer a SL club but Cowdenbeath are The Blue Brazil. | |
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 17:37 - Jan 12 with 983 views | jontysnut |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 16:34 - Jan 12 by Tangledupin_Blue |
No longer a SL club but Cowdenbeath are The Blue Brazil. |
The now sadly defunct Third Lanark ( a great name in itself) we're known as the Hi-Hi. | | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 18:25 - Jan 12 with 957 views | ZapatasMoustache |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 17:37 - Jan 12 by jontysnut |
The now sadly defunct Third Lanark ( a great name in itself) we're known as the Hi-Hi. |
Lol I posted this then went to the game and didn’t expect nearly so many replies. Apologies, I was using singular as in not plural rather than unique. So my instinct that there were hardly any was right by the look of it! | | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 18:40 - Jan 12 with 950 views | BrianTablet |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:06 - Jan 12 by tonybied |
Those are abbreviations rather than nicknames aren't they? |
I don't know, Anthony, are they? |  |
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 21:01 - Jan 12 with 906 views | Miaow |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 16:25 - Jan 12 by StevieH |
No longer in the top 4 divisions but I think Scunthorpe are ‘The Iron’ |
Another non-92 one would be The Heed (Gateshead). |  |
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 21:14 - Jan 12 with 898 views | WeWereZombies |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:07 - Jan 12 by Europablue |
Technically gas is uncountable, so there is no plural or singular form. |
That's just not true, you can count parts per million of one gas within another gas:
'To make our terminology more precise, the term “gas concentration” alone typically refers to how much of a gas (either in mass or in molecules) is present at a certain time and at a certain location. Parts-per-million, or “ppm”, is commonly used as a fractional unit of measure for concentration. As an example, a methane (molecular) concentration of 2% means that 2 out of every 100 air molecules is methane. Similarly, a methane concentration of 2 ppm means that 2 out of every 1 million air molecules is methane. In the extreme, 100% or one million ppm means that every molecule at that location is methane (pure methane gas).'
https://www.bridgerphotonics.com/blog/understanding-ppm-and-ppm-m-gas-concentrat |  |
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 21:45 - Jan 12 with 872 views | DJR |
Surprised no one has mentioned
Towen
as in uppa Towen |  | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 22:08 - Jan 12 with 850 views | ZapatasMoustache |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 21:14 - Jan 12 by WeWereZombies |
That's just not true, you can count parts per million of one gas within another gas:
'To make our terminology more precise, the term “gas concentration” alone typically refers to how much of a gas (either in mass or in molecules) is present at a certain time and at a certain location. Parts-per-million, or “ppm”, is commonly used as a fractional unit of measure for concentration. As an example, a methane (molecular) concentration of 2% means that 2 out of every 100 air molecules is methane. Similarly, a methane concentration of 2 ppm means that 2 out of every 1 million air molecules is methane. In the extreme, 100% or one million ppm means that every molecule at that location is methane (pure methane gas).'
https://www.bridgerphotonics.com/blog/understanding-ppm-and-ppm-m-gas-concentrat |
Even more simply than that:
One gas
Two gases
So gas is singular even if its quantity is indeterminate (like fish) | | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 22:09 - Jan 12 with 848 views | ZapatasMoustache |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 21:45 - Jan 12 by DJR |
Surprised no one has mentioned
Towen
as in uppa Towen |
Although Town/Towen like Boro is in the name, rather than being a nickname | | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 22:11 - Jan 12 with 835 views | DJR |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 22:09 - Jan 12 by ZapatasMoustache |
Although Town/Towen like Boro is in the name, rather than being a nickname |
The OP mentioned the Toon, so if Town isn't a nickname, the Towen surely is. | | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 23:33 - Jan 12 with 794 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 21:14 - Jan 12 by WeWereZombies |
That's just not true, you can count parts per million of one gas within another gas:
'To make our terminology more precise, the term “gas concentration” alone typically refers to how much of a gas (either in mass or in molecules) is present at a certain time and at a certain location. Parts-per-million, or “ppm”, is commonly used as a fractional unit of measure for concentration. As an example, a methane (molecular) concentration of 2% means that 2 out of every 100 air molecules is methane. Similarly, a methane concentration of 2 ppm means that 2 out of every 1 million air molecules is methane. In the extreme, 100% or one million ppm means that every molecule at that location is methane (pure methane gas).'
https://www.bridgerphotonics.com/blog/understanding-ppm-and-ppm-m-gas-concentrat |
Every day's a schoolday 😊 | |
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| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 08:13 - Jan 13 with 710 views | ZapatasMoustache |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 22:11 - Jan 12 by DJR |
The OP mentioned the Toon, so if Town isn't a nickname, the Towen surely is. |
Though we are called Ipswich Town and they are Newcastle United. Maybe my name vs nickname distinction is too arbitrary though. | | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 08:56 - Jan 13 with 662 views | DJR |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 08:13 - Jan 13 by ZapatasMoustache |
Though we are called Ipswich Town and they are Newcastle United. Maybe my name vs nickname distinction is too arbitrary though. |
Sorry, I didn't realise you were the OP and that you intended such a limited definition of nickname.
However, and without wishing to come across as a pedant, it seems to me that Towen falls within the Cambridge dictionary definitions of nickname.
an informal name for someone or something, especially a name that you are called by your friends or family, usually based on your real name or your character: | | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 09:05 - Jan 13 with 644 views | farkenhell |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 10:16 - Jan 12 by Sharkey |
Not the top 4 leagues, but in the National League, Ebbsfleet are are known as 'The Fleet'.
In Rugby League, I remember Warrington were known as 'The Wire'. I don't know if that got lost as a result of the clunky re-branding that happened across that sport. [Post edited 12 Jan 10:19]
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Warrington are now known as the Wolves, to the ire of lifelong fans according to my mate, and will forever be known as The Wire. | | | |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 09:08 - Jan 13 with 641 views | yorkshireblue |
| How many other teams in the top four divisions… on 11:30 - Jan 12 by Rocky |
Talking of nick-names, the Tractor Boys is of course relatively recent. But when did Sunderland become the Black Cats and Nottm Forest the Tricky Trees?
I don't recall those names growing up [many years ago]. |
Sunderland is more recent and was a public vote - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/feb/22/newsstory.sport4
"The club launched the campaign to find a nickname in December and fans were offered a choice of five alternatives; The Black Cats also proved more popular than The Light Brigade, The Miners and The SOLs." |  | | |
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