POTD 4/3/18 Slugger

[pikkupapupata]

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The slang is known here, because we have so much US TV, but it's not really cultural for that context here and especially not back in the eighties. Nor is baseball, actually, but we have rounders which kids have to learn in school (ugh) so it's close enough to relate. This set are very American in their sports and themes, and I'm sure that's why they were delayed a year here and we got the Mountain Boys first instead. Then when we did get them, they made some name tweaks.

A lot of ponies have alternate names in the UK, which means a lot of the repeated names in the US are not repeated in the UK (one exception, though there are some which weren't sold here at all)

To me a steamer is a type of boat (ie paddle steamer), I don't know if that's transferable in the US but to begin with I used to get confused by the US name Steamer and think it meant Tug because of that You can slug a ball in British English, but I think we'd be less likely to consider 'slugger' in that context. It always makes me think of slug pellets anyway.

Salty is fine as a name but there's also a Baby Sea Pony with it so to me that's her name and Tug is Tug. 4Speed is one of the silliest names for a pony as it's only half word. Trucker is pretty nondescript but at least it is entirely letters I know what 4Speed means, but it wouldn't compute here. Although I do wonder a bit about Trucker, too, as we tend to say lorry rather than truck, and things that the US use trucks for, like fire truck, we don't...trucks tend to be attached to trains carrying goods rather than on the roads.

It's a minefield. O.o.

So yeah, back to First Base In a sense, even in the slang meaning, given his flirtations with Buttons, it probably should make sense in the US context as well

(There are also plenty of names of ponies in the US that cause a bit of humour in other places, like Crumpet, and of course, the infamous Kiwi Tart from G3 xD)

I love all of the differences in the varieties of English. It's so much fun!

I also love learning pony names from elsewhere around the world. One of my favourites is Up, Up, and Away in French - she's called Montgolfière, which means 'hot air balloon'.

I think it's funny that you associate 'slugger' with slug pellets, because I've associated the name with being slow or lethargic ('sluggish') because of 'slug' being part of it. I had to look up specifically what it means in relation to baseball, and apparently it's also used for someone who throws hard punches. But the word doesn't sound like something to use in relation to hitting; it sounds like something used to describe something slow. I feel like Home Run may have been an easier name to work with.

I have also thought of a [steam]boat whenever I've seen Steamer's name. I get that it alludes to the steam engine for locomotives, but 'steamer' doesn't automatically bring to mind trains and railroads. I think of either a boat or a clothes iron. And yeah, I don't like 4-Speed as a name.

But, I digress. I've learnt a lot about Slugger, and ponies in general, today! 

[achab1984]

Don't have him.

[Leave a Whisper]

Slugger also means someone who hits the ball really hard, or who punches someone.

[LadyMoondancer]

I would be interested in them if the Big Brothers had a more traditionally "pony-ish" (animal, flower, nature, and fantasy) variety of symbols. Tex, Wigwam, and Barnacle are the only Big Brothers that really fit in, IMO.

Slugger especially annoys me because pretty much every component of baseball requires hands to perform.

But yeah, as far as his name goes it refers to someone hitting a baseball very hard.  Like, a Louisville slugger is a kind of bat.

[Leave a Whisper]

I would be interested in them if the Big Brothers had a more traditionally "pony-ish" (animal, flower, nature, and fantasy) variety of symbols. Tex, Wigwam, and Barnacle are the only Big Brothers that really fit in, IMO.

Slugger especially annoys me because pretty much every component of baseball requires hands to perform.

Well...they have been shown to temporarily grow hands on occasion. 

[Carrehz]

aaah I LOVE boy ponies Slugger was one of my first.. there's just something really appealing about his colourscheme. I like his name, too.

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Here's a pic of mine w/ Buttons (and Flowerburst.. please excuse her frizzy tail ). Not the best pic I admit, sorry! I'll have to try and take a better one sometime.
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[Khoufu]

Finally! A Slugger with Buttons!

[SkyCakes]

I do have him and I think hes cute and all. I even love his shade of pink. Also, I'm trying to make him an bandanna for him to wear.

[Taffeta]

I do have him and I think hes cute and all. I even love his shade of pink. Also, I'm trying to make him an bandanna for him to wear.

Clearly working too hard. Totally read that as you were trying to make him a banana

[Leave a Whisper]

aaah I LOVE boy ponies Slugger was one of my first.. there's just something really appealing about his colourscheme. I like his name, too.

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Here's a pic of mine w/ Buttons (and Flowerburst.. please excuse her frizzy tail ). Not the best pic I admit, sorry! I'll have to try and take a better one sometime.
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Lovely family Carrehz.

*steals Baby Buttons* 

Post Merge: April 04, 2018, 01:11:27 PM

I do have him and I think hes cute and all. I even love his shade of pink. Also, I'm trying to make him an bandanna for him to wear.

Clearly working too hard. Totally read that as you were trying to make him a banana

Are you gonna show off pictures of him with his new bandana Skycakes?

[LadyMoondancer]

BTW, Hasbro has taken to naming one of the Dinobots "Slug" recently. 

[Leave a Whisper]

BTW, Hasbro has taken to naming one of the Dinobots "Slug" recently. 

I know. It's awful. Him Slag thinks Hasbro is full of berylium bologna!

[SpookyTrees]

He’s cute but a pass for me - so many I want more!

[Carrehz]

Finally! A Slugger with Buttons!

^^ They were so cute together in the cartoon.

Lovely family Carrehz.

*steals Baby Buttons* 

Thanks ^^

O.O *chases after*

[Leave a Whisper]

Finally! A Slugger with Buttons!

^^ They were so cute together in the cartoon.

Lovely family Carrehz.

*steals Baby Buttons* 

Thanks ^^

O.O *chases after*

*runs and trips*