Dear Sunday News,
The Knicks are a New York basketball team. The Wellington Soccer team is named the Phoenix. Your inability to use the name is an accurate indictment on the half-arsed football reporting you feed us each week.
K ?
THX.
Bye,
Hard News2007-04-29 17:06:27
The Knicks are a New York basketball team. The Wellington Soccer team is named the Phoenix. Your inability to use the name is an accurate indictment on the half-arsed football reporting you feed us each week.
K ?
THX.
Bye,
Hard News2007-04-29 17:06:27
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Ever heard of shortened nicknames? Ever heard of
Tottenham Hotspur being referred to as 'spurs'?
Anyways, the nicks are, as stated, the Nicks, not the "Nix".
Even if they were also called the "nix", it's not like two teams
from toally different parts of the world can't share a nickname . .
Spurs comes to mind, again.
Pedant.
phil_style2007-04-29 17:38:58
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I just don't like it... I understand some do.
I wasn't aiming for pedantic, aiming to remember the name the club is actually christened with.
I wasn't aiming for pedantic, aiming to remember the name the club is actually christened with.
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Fair enough. Sorry if I misread you. :)
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And doesn't "nix" mean nothing, nada, nowt?
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And doesn't "nix" mean nothing, nada, nowt?
You might be thinking of "Nichts". 
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Just say no to "nix". Unless you`re talking about the half man half
fish. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nix
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And doesn't "nix" mean nothing, nada, nowt?
You might be thinking of "Nichts".
See sanday's link...
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Just say no to "nix". Unless you`re talking about the half man half
fish. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nix
Brid that gets birthed out of fire, half man half fish. . . .
Mythological theme seems to be running pretty consistently . . .
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Agreed sir. Vigarous Viking FC would have been much better.
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the NIX is a great name. Get used to it.
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Phoenix is bad - Nix is worse.
Hey, I didn't vote for it either, but that's what we've got so
let's run with it.
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I mean, gee Phil, look at the logo under you message - all you can
read is NIX!!!!!
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I mean, gee Phil, look at the logo under you message - all you can
read is NIX!!!!!
Exactly, I don't actually like the name 'per se' but I'm going
to support this team anyways. 
phil_style2007-05-01 12:16:40
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I happen to like "Phoenix". Heck of a lot of better than "Jets" - sounds like an MSL (or NFL) team. Besides the obvious basketball (and state capital) collusions (that may be the wrong word, but I'm sticking with it), at least Phoenix sounds like a football team.
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I agree - Sunday News invented Nix and I won't be using it to give
them any satisfaction. A nice Feeeeeniiiicksss chant around the
stadium will be awesone.
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I agree - Sunday News invented Nix and I won't be using it to give
them any satisfaction. A nice Feeeeeniiiicksss chant around the
stadium will be awesone.
I think the word "Nix" actually appeared on this website as a
suggested nickname before that issue of the Sunday News was
printed. I'll try to look back and see if I can find a dated post.
. . .
MORE: I uploaded my signature to Photobucket on April 11, it
contained the word "Nix" then, which I sourced from a post on
this website. Not sure if that pre-dates the Sunday News article,
can anyone confirm?.
phil_style2007-05-01 16:38:08
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why dont we just call them port vale that'll keep a few punters
happy and the rest confused
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How about we call us " The Team that has to preform this
season or else it maybe the last team NZ to play in the A-league
ever." ....To long?
And we should call ourselves the fans that is....Wait for
it...Order Of the Phoenix.
That would get all the Harry Potter fans on board and maybe
they can come to the games dressed in yellow robes.
P.S. I am joking. If i see people wearing harry potter
robes..I am going to drown myself.
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Sometimes a nick name is just fantasic ie: Man Ure 
But I dont like "nix"
A dog with a bone :)
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Why don't we just re-label them The Canaries? I mean the Phoenix is
a sort of bird ain't it. And they even play in yellow on green.
Makes perfect sense to me. The Nix is just another Americanism that
I could do without in my good old Kiwi life. Why do we have to copy
the Yanks all the time. Like Halloween for christsake. Good
opportunity for me to give the kids that shi**ing chocolate or tins
of baked beans. Knock on my door at your peril:-p
Go the Canaries.
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"Go the Binmen", just doesn't have the same ring, my Hard News
friend:-p I am looking forward to seeing you in Yellow. I will
bring the green slacks for you, so you look the part.
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why dont we just call them port vale that'll keep a few punters
happy and the rest confused
Port Nix would be closer to being accurate. Port Vale are
actually nicknamed the valiants
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well maybe port nix considering port nicholson yacht club is in
welly too. interesting
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"Go the Binmen", just doesn't have the same ring, my Hard News
friend:-p I am looking forward to seeing you in Yellow. I will
bring the green slacks for you, so you look the part.
You've seen me in Team Welly yellow in Hamilton... NOT with any Green...
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Go the Canaries.
hahaha Hards News runs over canaries with his Tractor
A dog with a bone :)
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how about nicking naming them
CELTIC FOOTBALL ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD
:P
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how about nicking naming them
I think there is already a team in town called The Dreamers.
Zephyr2007-05-13 19:25:57
CELTIC FOOTBALL ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD
:P
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