Super Bowl naming convention
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Super Bowl naming convention
Next year's Super Bowl will not be "Super Bowl L", as has been the custom in the past. It will be "Super Bowl 50". The following year the tradition will resume, with "Super Bowl LI".
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
Funny, I thought next year's Super Bowl was XLIX.
(Yes, I know what you meant. I think it stinks; I know it's the marketing department that came up with it, but they can use both the "L" and the Arabic "50" in the logos and create the same effect yet maintain tradition.)
(Yes, I know what you meant. I think it stinks; I know it's the marketing department that came up with it, but they can use both the "L" and the Arabic "50" in the logos and create the same effect yet maintain tradition.)
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
This may have something to do, believe it or not, with street slang.
L is a pretty commonly used term for marijuana.
NFL has a large percentage of fans who would find that funny.
L is a pretty commonly used term for marijuana.
NFL has a large percentage of fans who would find that funny.
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
L is also used to designate a certain sexual preference from a specific gender.mrkelley23 wrote:This may have something to do, believe it or not, with street slang.
L is a pretty commonly used term for marijuana.
NFL has a large percentage of fans who would find that funny.
L is also the symbol for 'loser'.
But the NF50 should be grown up, even if its fan base isn't. Did they have a problem with Super Bowl XXX? Were the cheerleaders nude? I'm sure I'd of remembered if they were.
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
A Super Bowl of L?mrkelley23 wrote:This may have something to do, believe it or not, with street slang.
L is a pretty commonly used term for marijuana.
NFL has a large percentage of fans who would find that funny.
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
Personally I think they should just go with Super Bowl 110010.
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
BackInTex wrote:Personally I think they should just go with Super Bowl 110010.
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
I'm personally holding out for Super Bowl DIX....
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
Don't think we'll be around for that; we can hope to make it to LIX, thoughlittlebeast13 wrote:I'm personally holding out for Super Bowl DIX....
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Let's not forget 50 years from now when they talk about the Super Bowl IC.littlebeast13 wrote:I'm personally holding out for Super Bowl DIX....
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
Definitely should play that one in Pittsburgh. I know a certain beer company there that would be happy for that opportunity.silverscreenselect wrote:Let's not forget 50 years from now when they talk about the Super Bowl IC.littlebeast13 wrote:I'm personally holding out for Super Bowl DIX....
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
There's no such Roman numeral as IC. 99 is written as XCIX, just as next year's 49th Super Bowl will be XLIX. When subtraction is used to form a Roman numeral, there's never more than one order of magnitude between the subtrahend and the minuend.silverscreenselect wrote:Let's not forget 50 years from now when they talk about the Super Bowl IC.littlebeast13 wrote:I'm personally holding out for Super Bowl DIX....
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Yuck.
http://literacy.kent.edu/Minigrants/Cin ... nchart.htm
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
Another rule is that only powers of ten (including 10 to the zero power, or 1) should be used as the subtrahend.TheConfessor wrote:There's no such Roman numeral as IC. 99 is written as XCIX, just as next year's 49th Super Bowl will be XLIX. When subtraction is used to form a Roman numeral, there's never more than one order of magnitude between the subtrahend and the minuend.silverscreenselect wrote:Let's not forget 50 years from now when they talk about the Super Bowl IC.littlebeast13 wrote:I'm personally holding out for Super Bowl DIX....
Yuck.
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Re: Super Bowl naming convention
pICky, pICky, pICky.TheConfessor wrote:There's no such Roman numeral as IC. 99 is written as XCIX, just as next year's 49th Super Bowl will be XLIX. When subtraction is used to form a Roman numeral, there's never more than one order of magnitude between the subtrahend and the minuend.silverscreenselect wrote: Let's not forget 50 years from now when they talk about the Super Bowl IC.
Yuck.
http://literacy.kent.edu/Minigrants/Cin ... nchart.htm
XCIX sound so ICky.
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