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[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Alice Faber wrote:

>> wasn't Yukon, but U Conn.  The stress was just wrong for U Conn.
>
> Probably didn't help that the team is called the Huskies.

I assume that the reason the UConn mascot is the Huskies is
because of the UConn/Yukon pun.  Is that right, I wonder?

Sports mascots/nicknames are another rich area.  Most amazing is the
Georgetown nickname, the Hoyas, which I understand means the "whats."

Fred Shapiro


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