Yes, I know the NZ men are the Black Caps; I remember being amused by it, because they were being sponsored by a company called Clear which meant they kept describing themselves as the Clear Black Caps.
But I was not far off, when I looked it up; the NZ women's cricket team are the White Ferns. Or at times the Clear White Ferns, though I think they've changed sponsor since.
Re Odysseus, I remember being very struck by the notion that he'd got the idea of calling himself Nobody because Oudeis is not entirely unlike Odysseus. Unfortunately, Homer uses the form Outis instead of Oudeis, which doesn't fit the theory so well.
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Date: 2006-04-05 07:55 pm (UTC)But I was not far off, when I looked it up; the NZ women's cricket team are the White Ferns. Or at times the Clear White Ferns, though I think they've changed sponsor since.
Re Odysseus, I remember being very struck by the notion that he'd got the idea of calling himself Nobody because Oudeis is not entirely unlike Odysseus. Unfortunately, Homer uses the form Outis instead of Oudeis, which doesn't fit the theory so well.