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Originally posted by Dubby
Pennsylvania Coach,
In 99% of the situations I agree with you, but if I were a girl I don't think I'd want to be known as the Braves. And please, no one start with what the alternative to Braves is that's not what I'm getting at. I think in that case they have every right to want to go by a different nickname than the boys. But otherwise when the school mascot/nickname is gender nuetral I think you are correct in your logic.
Sorry about getting off topic.
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I'm not sure if I agree or disagree. I had the same problem at my former school, and I think Spartans is gender-neutral. I always thought some of the female-ized versions of names were amusing. Like when a school with a "Rams" nickname becomes the "Ewes". Even "Lady Rams" sounds silly to me. And here in Amish country we've got a school with the nickname of Little Dutchmen. I don't know if there is an accepted female-ized version of this one, but I've heard Lady Little Dutchmen, Little Dutch Ladies, Little Dutch Girls, Little Dutchwomen, etc.
Do they go by Orangewomen at Syracuse? (I think they do, after looking at their website.) Did they used to be Redwomen at St. John's? What if you are a female on a men's team (wrestling, football)? Do you share the male nickname or use the female version?
I googled and found this interesting list from Illinois:
http://www.ihsa.org/school/nickname.htm. One school goes by Bravettes for the girls' teams. Ugh. For another, Purple Riders becomes Lady Riders. They don't even get to keep the Purple! And I never knew the female-ized version of Rajahs was Rajenes! At one school, Tomcats stays Tomcats; at another Bobcats becomes Ladycats! And the one that is just asking for a lawsuit: Pilots becomes
Co-Pilots!
Too many questions for me. We are the Braves. We don't need any modifiers because we are a girls' team.
Also, interesting from the Illinois' site: not one, but two schools with the nickname "Pretzels" and the all-time prize-winners, the "Appleknockers"!