Eagles' postseason drill

Language Log 2026-01-10

Summary:

This one isn't part of the standard sets of football drills — but it seems to be having a good effect on locker room atmosphere. It's interesting that two of the immediate answers, "giraffe" for G-F and "zone" for Z-N, are based on pronunciation rather than spelling.   ,

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=72561&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eagles-postseason-drill

From feeds:

Gudgeon and gist » Language Log

Tags:

orthography

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

01/10/2026, 06:23

Date published:

01/10/2026, 05:57