Quebec City Jumping Frogs?

[apsham]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...BNStory/Sports/

So tell me, any youths around Quebec, as the owner says, is it offensive to those aged 15-25 to be called frogs? The name was apparently chosen to be "edgy" to the younger male audience.

[Farmer Reil]

In Britain, 'frog' is an offensive slang term for a Frenchman. So I can see why it would be offensive to Quebeccers...

[NobBe Nobbs]

Now I think about it in that context, it's pretty funny. Not as funny as, say, the Montreal Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys, but good enough.

[apsham]

In Britain, 'frog' is an offensive slang term for a Frenchman. So I can see why it would be offensive to Quebeccers...

Well yeah, I mean I know it's the same here... the owner just said in an interview that young people today dins it funny, I was wondering if said was true.

[The Sultan of Swank]

I'm an anglo but I don't believe that the french around Montreal find frog to be too offensive, my girlfriend's family is from backwoods Quebec and they're alright with it. For one reason or another Pepper is a word some use for the French.

[Guest Milpool]

Remember the thread in the Lounge a few weeks back that Cloudy started about certain four-letter words losing their meaning after a while? I think 'frog' fits into that category. Older people (50+) find it ridiculously offensive, but I would guess that once you get closer to our age, it's about as bad as calling someone from B.C. a pothead.

Now, if he was looking for edge, he should have gone with 'Quebec City Seperatists'....'Quebec PQs'...'Quebec Basketball Presented By The FLQ'...something along those lines.

[triplexpac]

I hate the annoying way of spelling "Quebecois" in the one logo. I guess it's to make it easy to pronounce for non-French people? But even the way it's spelled there, it won't come out right. Anyways, it just looks stupid.

Edited August 13, 2006 by triplexpac

[Hajjhowe]

After reading the article, it isn't a horrible name. It's about 200 times better than Kewbekwas, which is borderline retarded.