A Wolf by any other name is not a Wolf

[tentoes4rings]

As Ty Webb eloquently stated, a flute without any holes is not a flute. And a Wolf with an extra e on it is not an Enosch. Can we have a quick spelling lesson for people who constantly get our players names wrong? There are only 10 guys who get any playing time generally on a college team, is it too much to ask that we know how to spell their names. Here is a quick lesson for the spelling challenged out there.

Enosch Wolf-(Not Wolfe) Being 7'1", German and suspended still does not earn him an extra e on his name
Tyler Olander-(Not Oleander)Being slow, a poor rebounder and getting arrested on Spring Break doesn't earn him an extra e in his name, thus making him into a poisonous shrub
Ryan Boatright- (Not Boatwright) Being 5'9 and able to jump out of the gym doesn't earn him an extra W in his last name, or give us any advantage in landing Bennie Boatwright
Niels Giffey- Being fond of apples (who isn't?) and also German doesn't give permission to spell his name wrong

Anyone else I've missed out on that allegedly knowledgeable fans constantly misspell?

 

[nomar]

Good job, FlaHuskie

 

[Bryan Lord]

Do you JC knew how to spell every player on his rosters name correctly? Or how to even pronounce their names.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

Don't forget Samuel. Just because he isn't here yet doesn't mean we should add an extra S to the end of his name.

 

[CTBasketball]

Who could forget Kimba Walker?

 

[freescooter]

Who could forget Kimba Walker?

I believe Calhoun said "Walkah"

 

[freescooter]

Put a toupee on it and call it a husky...sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[kyle]

Huskie is the worst.

What's the Giffey apple story?

 

[August_West]

Giff loves 'dem apples!


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[Adesmar123]

Flohuskie nailed it again! Keven Ali is grateful.

 

[sledog]

or Charlie Vilanova

 

[imno1]

First off I can't believe there is a thread dedicated to this petty issue.

And how much of a loser am I for reading the hole thing.

 

[HooperScooper]

Used to drive me nuts when people called Rashad Anderson, Rashard. Even when he was senior. Just thought it was very strange for knowledgable fans to call a player who had been here 4 years, won a championship and was a very important piece of the team the wrong name.

 

[pepband99]

Kalif Moore made that great catch in the papa johns bowl

Also, maybe we can go a month on this board between some "fan" calling it gamble or gambel pavillion

 

[Huskybass]

It appears that opposing players are not immune from the extra letter phenomenon. Earlier this week, your boy Muntz informed us that Van Deer Blue had declared for the NBA draft. Nicole Wolff really had two "". I am guessing that she still does, unless she got married.

BTW, Steely Dan once sang about Oleanders. Rather coincidental that the name of the song was "My Old School".

 

[tentoes4rings]

My old school indeed. Oleanders outside her door. It might be a "petty' issue to you imno but not knowing how to spell 10 f#ckin names on your favorite team is pathetic. I don't know how many times people have spelled wolf with an e on the end, why?

 

[HuskyAlum012]

As Ty Webb eloquently stated, a flute without any holes is not a flute. And a Wolf with an extra e on it is not an Enosch. Can we have a quick spelling lesson for people who constantly get our players names wrong? There are only 10 guys who get any playing time generally on a college team, is it too much to ask that we know how to spell their names. Here is a quick lesson for the spelling challenged out there.

Enosch Wolf-(Not Wolfe) Being 7'1", German and suspended still does not earn him an extra e on his name
Tyler Olander-(Not Oleander)Being slow, a poor rebounder and getting arrested on Spring Break doesn't earn him an extra e in his name, thus making him into a poisonous shrub
Ryan Boatright- (Not Boatwright) Being 5'9 and able to jump out of the gym doesn't earn him an extra W in his last name, or give us any advantage in landing Bennie Boatwright
Niels Giffey- Being fond of apples (who isn't?) and also German doesn't give permission to spell his name wrong

Anyone else I've missed out on that allegedly knowledgeable fans constantly misspell?

I think it would help the most if you let everyone know that we are UConn, for you know, the University of Connecticut. It is not the University of connecticut or the University of CONNecticut the last time I checked.

 

[Kitaman]

Do you JC knew how to spell every player on his rosters name correctly? Or how to even pronounce their names.

Never came out his mouth that way, but only the locals would argue.

 

[Hoophound]

My old school indeed. Oleanders outside her door. It might be a "petty' issue to you imno but not knowing how to spell 10 f#ckin names on your favorite team is pathetic. I don't know how many times people have spelled wolf with an e on the end, why?

Because the more people do it, the more other people do it. I have probably done it because I get almost all of my team news right here.

 

[Hoophound]

^ That said, misspelling Rashad is inexcusable. He's a legend.

 

[Huskybass]

Because the more people do it, the more other people do it. I have probably done it because I get almost all of my team news right here.

Supposibly....

 

[tentoes4rings]

Because the more people do it, the more other people do it. I have probably done it because I get almost all of my team news right here.

I understand Hoophound. I really started the thread to have fun with it after wondering once or twice if I was wrong and there really was an e on the end.

There is a growing phenomenon where people use newly created words like anyways and put apostrophes before an s to signify pluralization. It's what happens when many of us spend more time reading posts here and on Facebook instead of books and newspapers like years ago. We see other people write something incorrectly enough that we adopt it ourselves. Anyways, I'll get off my soapbox now, there's a Wolfe in the backyard.

 

[CL82]

Used to drive me nuts when people called Rashad Anderson, Rashard. Even when he was senior. Just thought it was very strange for knowledgable fans to call a player who had been here 4 years, won a championship and was a very important piece of the team the wrong name.

That's a New England thing. Taking 'r's off of underserving words like "car" and "star" and adding them to more deserving words like "Cuber" and "Rashard".