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1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Demo Narrmy 👏👏👏 

Demo Narrmy 👏👏👏

etc...

Soz Tim, but with our regular “Demon Army, Demon Army” chant there’s no clapping. The palms of our hands are red enough as it is, we don’t need extra clapping! 😁😜

 
1 hour ago, Sydee said:

I've heard about Marngrook, but I thought our game was the brainchild of this fella (Tom Mills).

Tom Wills is believed to have been influenced by his time at Rugby School in England and also by observing the indigenous people in his area playing Marngrook, although no evidence exists for the latter.

I'd recommend the excellent book "Tom Wills (First Wild Man of Australian Sport)" by Greg de Moore for a comprehensive account of his life and times.

59 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Soz Tim, but with our regular “Demon Army, Demon Army” chant there’s no clapping. The palms of our hands are red enough as it is, we don’t need extra clapping! 😁😜

Yeah, realised that after I posted - I've joined in often enough!

Re clap chants, not enough, though, that I have DA-grade palm callouses!

 
10 hours ago, layzie said:

Bare minimum we should be wearing the indigenous jumper, it's a no brainer surely?

Wouldn't surprise me if it has something to do with AFL rules.


6 hours ago, Demonstone said:

You may have calluses @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew, but I doubt that any part of you is callous.  :D

 

😆

I was in a café seriously short on dictionaries!

I am sorely disappointed to have found myself on the other side of the orthographic discourse. Glad it was you on the job, though 🙂

12 hours ago, Sydee said:

I've heard about Marngrook, but I thought our game was the brainchild of this fella (Tom Mills).

Don't get me wrong Australian rules football has and will always be infinitely better for the participation of our indigenous players but not sure there is any tangible evidence for the above claim. If there is I happily stand corrected.

Australian Rules Football history: Founder Tom Wills led an amazing ...

Tom was the driving force (which I knew), but my understanding was the similarity of many aspects of the game with Marngrook was beyond a coincidence, and had thought it was fact that he had adopted aspects of the game, hence my post. After your entirely reasonable post I did some more research and have to state it's not conclusive either way. I am not into revisionism at all, so while I hope I am right and there is compelling evidence,  I acknowledge your point. My last thought is 'every contact leaves a trace' (is a police saying) with all the coincidences or similarities between Marn grook and other indigenous games, where Willis grew up and Australian Rules, I still think it's fair to talk about influence.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marn_Grook

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On 5/4/2023 at 12:32 PM, roy11 said:

Last year I wanted a Narrm Beanie, didnt buy online, wanted to buy at the game.

But they weren't available at the game and i was sad with a cold head.

Will be buying a Narrm beanie as soon as they're online to avoid any future disappointment or cold head

Beanie arrived today; sensational purchase. 

 

Love the heading. Jetta, Davey, Farmer, and Whelan bring back so many great memories.


We wore the Narrm jumper 4 times last year (not sure why) and lost 3 times from memory.

Personally I'd be happy to never wear it again if that is going to persist.

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2 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

We wore the Narrm jumper 4 times last year (not sure why) and lost 3 times from memory.

Personally I'd be happy to never wear it again if that is going to persist.

We are wearing a different jumper this year.

Last year we were only called Naarm twice and yes we lost both times. Due for a win ...

28 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

We wore the Narrm jumper 4 times last year (not sure why) and lost 3 times from memory.

Personally I'd be happy to never wear it again if that is going to persist.

If the jumper is why you think we lost, you need to think again. 

4 hours ago, Demonland said:

We are wearing a different jumper this year.

Last year we were only called Naarm twice and yes we lost both times. Due for a win ...

We were Narrm at Marvel in round 10 last year and won.


The "Footy Live" app is showing the AFL ladder with most teams having been given indigenous, or perhaps pseudo-indigenous, names. However, I was not aware that all clubs are using these names. Here's the ladder as published in Footy Live. Note that I've added the traditional name in brackets for convenience. Have I missed something regarding these other teams?

1. Yalla-birr-ang (Collingwood)

2. Naarm (that spelling is how it appears in the app)

3. Meeanjin (Brisbane)

4. Yartapuulti (PA)

5. Youruk (St Kilda)

6. Maribyrnong (Western Bulldogs)

7. Djilang (say it out loud and it's obviously Geelong)

8. Tarntanya (Adelaide)

9. Quor-nong (Carlton)

10. Tullamarine (Essendon - since when was "marine" an indigenous word?)

11. Karara (Gold Coast, of course)

12. Walyalup (Freo)

13. Quo-yung (Richmond, although it sounds a bit like Kooyong so I would have thought it might have been Hawthorn's name)

14. Warrane (Sydney)

15. Ngurra (GWS)

16. Yern-da-ville (North, although sounds a bit French)

17. Boorloo (West Coast)

18. Boorondara (Hawthorn)

 

2 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

The "Footy Live" app is showing the AFL ladder with most teams having been given indigenous, or perhaps pseudo-indigenous, names. However, I was not aware that all clubs are using these names. Here's the ladder as published in Footy Live. Note that I've added the traditional name in brackets for convenience. Have I missed something regarding these other teams?

1. Yalla-birr-ang (Collingwood)

2. Naarm (that spelling is how it appears in the app)

3. Meeanjin (Brisbane)

4. Yartapuulti (PA)

5. Youruk (St Kilda)

6. Maribyrnong (Western Bulldogs)

7. Djilang (say it out loud and it's obviously Geelong)

8. Tarntanya (Adelaide)

9. Quor-nong (Carlton)

10. Tullamarine (Essendon - since when was "marine" an indigenous word?)

11. Karara (Gold Coast, of course)

12. Walyalup (Freo)

13. Quo-yung (Richmond, although it sounds a bit like Kooyong so I would have thought it might have been Hawthorn's name)

14. Warrane (Sydney)

15. Ngurra (GWS)

16. Yern-da-ville (North, although sounds a bit French)

17. Boorloo (West Coast)

18. Boorondara (Hawthorn)

 

Marine is an anglicised spelling of a 1st nation's word. Maybe marun or muwin but it was not a written language so we are bound to have anomalies 🙂

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