[Ads-l] Why "Orangemen" ?

[Amy West]

On 5/12/24 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Sat, 11 May 2024 20:08:18 +0000
> From:    "Shapiro, Fred"<fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
> Subject: Why "Orangemen" ?
>
> One curious thing I have noticed in the OED is that there is an entry
> for "Orangeman" in reference to affiliates or sports teams of Syracuse
> University.  Why "Orangeman' and not more famous nicknames like Trojan,
> Longhorn, Fighting Irish, Crimson, Crimson Tide, etc. ?
>
> Fred Shapiro

Captain Obvious here, but because their school color is orange, and the 
terrible echo of the the Irish sense of Orangeman . . . ? I'm ashamed to 
admit that I don't know their mascot.

---Amy West (AKA Captain Obvious)

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