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This does bring up a fine kettle of fish - if I may say fish. Around here we have a high school whose nickname is the Rams. The gentially female teams use the nickname Lady Rams. Oh boy.
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On an interesting side note, the mascot of the high school I attended was the Knights. The girls' teams were often called the "Lady Knights," but one teacher (who had extensive knowledge in the history of the medieval period) always said that they should be known as the "Dames."
The change was never made. :-p
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My HS teams were the Trojans. In those days, we didn't have girls teams. I guess if we did, they would have been the "Lady Trojans". That's really weird.
BTW - the best sign I ever saw at a basketball game was at a game I saw on TV at a UCLA - USC match. Some UCLA students had a sign that read, "Flush Used Trojans".
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Ah, the slippery slope. Once upon a time, a local team, known as The Prep, was playing a local rival. The Prep's cheering department was led by a plastic bucket with drumsticks and a conch shell. That's 'konk' or 'kahnch' - whatever. The matter of the legality of these noisemakers aside, the rivals came up with a sign "Prep Blows Conch". It was practically ripped out of their hands by one of their teachers. They wanted to retrieve it from the trash and re-assemble it. I suggested that they had made their point and lived, it would be good to just watch the game.