#23 — Brown Goes Down

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Re: Hockey Articles/Media

[(Anonymous)]

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/jenny-scrivens-retires--opting-for-family-over--dream-job-163655406.html

This was a great article in general. It talked about not only the difficulties of her own career, being a hockey spouse, and the changes in attitudes that need to happen.

Re: Hockey Articles/Media

[(Anonymous)]

Aw, I'm going to miss her in net and on the team. Still, I'm glad she's making the right decisions for herself.

Not limited just to the article, but I like how Scrivens talks about the words she chooses to use and why she chooses to use them. Especially drawing attention to stuff like spouses vs WAGs.

Re: Hockey Articles/Media

[(Anonymous)]

na
Yeah, I liked that too. I hate the term "WAGs" on so many levels, blergh...

Re: Hockey Articles/Media

[(Anonymous)]

na

Among other things, it just sounds so... ugly. It's an ugly-sounding word. I would be utterly delighted if we shifted to calling them all "partners."

Re: Hockey Articles/Media

[(Anonymous)]

da

wait, people actually say "WAGs" aloud instead of "Wives and Girlfriends?"

Re: Hockey Articles/Media

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I can't speak for other people, but I tend to pronounce stuff in my head when I read, and in my head I pronounce it as a single one-syllable word, not as "wives and girlfriends." It's possible other people don't have this problem, though.

Re: Hockey Articles/Media

[(Anonymous)]

People definitely say 'WAGs' or 'she's a WAG' here (UK) when talking about football players and their partners.

Re: Hockey Articles/Media

[(Anonymous)]

I'm pretty sure that's where it originated and it spread to North America from there, already being said as a word rather than an acronym. I remember the first time I ever heard it here in the US was entertainment news coverage of the Spice Girls, quoting stuff from the UK that used it.

Re: Hockey Articles/Media

[(Anonymous)]

First, I want this to happen. Second, I want fic with hilarious misunderstandings where a d-man introduces someone as his partner and everyone assumes it's the other kind of partner.

Re: Hockey Articles/Media

[(Anonymous)]

Wonderful article! If Jenny's not going to, than I very much do hope Ben has a career in hockey next year, just so we can keep hearing from and about them. It seems like they always have nice things to say.

I had no idea she was also doing PR stuff for the league, plus being goaltender. I would have liked to have heard more about that rather than just one sentence about how that's something she'll also be giving up.