Taiwanese Nicknames for LA Angels Character

by mjhsieh on Aug 21, 2009 12:18 PM PDT Comment 42 comments

On the most popular bulletin board service in Taiwan called PTT, we Angel fans have a little board chatting about all things Angels. It's not a surprise that many Angels characters have their own Taiwanese nicknames on the board. They are mostly in Mandarin, sometimes pronounced in native Taiwanese. Here are some of the nicknames and the explanations if necessary.

Real name	Fan-give name	Description
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	小翅膀田徑隊(Shao-chi-bon-tien-jin-dwey, the Track and Field Team with small cute wings), 猴子(Ho-je, monkey)
Some group of players with relatively smaller strike zone.	哈比人 (The Hobbits)
Mike Scioscia	縮夏(Shuo-Sha, sounds like Scioscia), 說瞎(Shuo-Sha, sounds like Scioscia, meaning like coaching blindly, only used with poor team performance.) also written as 說蝦. Sometime people use Soth, yes we check HH from time to time.	Mostly we just use some similar pronunciation.
Mickey Hatcher	米老鼠(Mee-Lao-Sue, Mickey Mouse)	It's interesting that we have fewer posts about eliminating the mouse...
Chone Figgins	Figgy, 腿姬/Leggy(Twey-gee, leggy), 腿/Legs(twey, legs), 阿腿(Ah-twey, lovely legs), Leggins, Fichiro(like ichiro), Vladimir Firrero(only used when playing against Yankees), 腿哥(Twey-ge, Brother Legs), 腿爺(Twey-yay, Extremely respected legs)	These nicknames are corresponding to his current performance. Leggins, Legs and Leggy are used with poor performance. As he gets hot, we have some later nicknames till Firrero. The ultimate form of this beloved utility guy is "汎用人型決戦兵器"/"general purpose humanoid ultimate weapon" (of Neon Genesis Evangelion)...
Vladimir Guerrero	Vlad, Vlady, 葛雷諾(Ge-lay-nol), 鳥滾葛(Niaw-gwen-Gwe, Ground-out Guererro), 主炮(Jwu-Pow, main fire power), Geroro(Actually pronounced as giroro)	Giroro has a lot of power in his arsenals according to "Keroro", a Japanese Anime.
Garret Anderson	GA, 大叔(Da-Sue, big uncle), 液化的膝蓋(EE-hwa-de-shi-gai, liquified knees)
Torii Hunter	獵人(Liyay Ren, hunter)	Some Taiwanese noticed that "Torii" is actually referred to the Japanese gate in front of a shrine, but that doesn't sound like too much fun.
Gary Matthews Jr.	GMJ, GMJ*, G公(Gee-Gon, Old Gary), 激公(Gee-Gon, Respectful Hormone), HGH
Bobby Abreu	(see description)	Almost all Taiwanese people (maybe about 80% of the population) know this guy thanks to the fact Chien-Ming Wang being with the ~~Borgs~~Yanks, so I am not going to cover that.
Juan Rivera	小黃/小璜(Hsiao-Hwang, little Juan)
Mike Napoli	拿坡里(Napoli), 拿胖(Na-pon), 批薩/賣批薩(Pizza or selling pizza)	"Napoli Pizza" is a quite famous Pizza restaurant chain in Taiwan.
Erick Aybar	愛拔/愛八(Ai-bar), sometime 腦殘愛八(brain-dead aybar, usually used when caught stealing)	After he got hot since June, no more brain-dead...
Kendry Morales	古巴人(Cuban)	Simply calling him a Cuban is kinda lazy, but a lot of Taiwanese baseball fans remember him as the young man who punished Taiwanese national team in 2003 world cup.
Howie Kendrick	HK47, 好姨	Sounds similar for the second nickname.
John Lackey	姜蕾姬(Jiang Lay Gee), 辣雞(Lar Gee)	Just some arbitrary Chinese names that sound like Lackey or John Lackey.
Kelvim Escobar	交友男(Ji-ow-yo-nan, "a man good at making friends"), Myspacecobar, 愛司/愛思(Ace), 愛司扣八(Acecobar), 柯巴(Cobar)	He has a lot of HOOOOT myspace friends, that's why we call him myspacecobar or 交友男. Also we call him ace or acecobar because he looks like an ace.
Joe Saunders	桑德斯(Saunders), Hokie Joe, 桑德斯上校(Colonel Saunders), 桑同學(Saun-tone-shue, classmate saunders)
Ervin Santana	小山(shiaw shan, little shan), 山同學(shan-tone-suey, classmate shan), 凸塔那(too-ta-na), 全壘打王(chuen-lay-da-won, king of homeruns), 吸血鬼(Shee-Shey-Gwey, vampire)	Beloved name (shiaw shan or shan-tone-suey), rant name (too-ta-na, chuen-lay-da-won) and superstitious name (Shee-Shey-Gwey) are used based on Ervin's performance.
Jered Weaver	小公主(Hsiao-gon-joo, little princess), 織織公主(Je-Je gon-joo, princess that weaves), 織織(Je-Je, weave-weave)	Literally due to the name and his hair style: he used to have relatively long hair. Two years ago he went head-to-head against CMWang and PTT people laughed at the hair style. Nevertheless, the nickname stuck.
Francisco Rodriguez	krod, 雷殘(Lay-tzan, tripping), 抖rod(Doe-rod, shaky-rod)
Scot Shields	神盾(Shen-Duen, Godly shield), 抖盾(Doe-Duen, Shaky shield)	Anyone noticed that when he is nervous, he is literally shaking?
Bartolo Colón	摳龍(Co-long), 摳胖(Co-pon, Fat Colon), 大芒果(Da-moun-gwo, Big Mango)	The names pretty much say it all.

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Holy Balls

Jered Weaver 小公主(Hsiao-gon-joo, little princess), 織織公主(Je-Je gon-joo, princess that weaves), 織織(Je-Je, weave-weave)

I just shit myself laughing

I will never not call Jared Weaver ’The Little Princess That Weaves" from now until forever

TLPTW FTW

I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....

by PhiSlamma on Aug 21, 2009 5:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

ROFLLLLLLLLLLLL

holy shit this is beyond awesome

What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.

by clover_black on Aug 21, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fichiro rocks.

Hey la, hey, Halo...

by 44FAN on Aug 21, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not to mention Firrero. These are all great.

THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!

by opiejeanne on Aug 21, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is awesome.

Thank you.
“Giroro”

since 1961

by Chompo on Aug 21, 2009 8:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm going to start using 'general purpose humanoid ultimate weapon'

for Figgy.

by Brew Angel on Aug 21, 2009 8:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

that is pretty great

could have come straight from 1866baseball

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 24, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Aug 24, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dear God in Heaven this shit is hilarious!

Yankees = Hobbits? For reals???
GA = “Liquified Knees”?!!
“Giroro has a lot of power in his arsenals” Most luminous!!!

And “the Track and Field Team with small cute wings” is a sig just waiting to happen!!!

We don't have a Bullpen. We have a Cowpen. Before we get to call it a Bullpen these guys gotta grow a pair.

by Stirrups on Aug 21, 2009 9:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

mjhsieh

is my new favorite poster. This list is great.

RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09

I blog about the Angels at The Diamond Aces

by Jay Cal on Aug 21, 2009 10:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This is a superb list...

Favourites so far:
1. Firrero (complete genius)
2. Little Princess that weaves
3. Respectful hormone

Absolutely inspired.

I see red people

by The Limey on Aug 21, 2009 11:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This is amazingly great

W6G

by Figgi4life on Aug 21, 2009 12:21 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Note to self:

Typing while laughing is quite difficult. Figgy’s were great and the team description is downright hilarious.

This team is our extended family, That's why we love them no matter what the record, no matter what the score.

by halofan4life on Aug 21, 2009 12:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am sorry about my English writing.

I’ll go back to fix it after the game.

-- RIP Nick Adenhart

by mjhsieh on Aug 21, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nothing wrong with your English, sir...

…and I’m pretty sure you get a free pass on typos for anything as funny as this

I see red people

by The Limey on Aug 21, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seconded

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 24, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I study every match this team.

Pizza or selling pizza is my all favorite player of team.

Hey la, hey, Halo...

by 44FAN on Aug 21, 2009 1:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Do you study all match of pizza seller?

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 24, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey mjhsieh

Can we get a link to the PTT board you guys use?

TonZ-of-GunZ

by Funke5ive on Aug 21, 2009 1:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

it's a Text-based telnet bbs (it's amazing.. people still use terminal bbs)

But there are constantly 10~20k users online.
If you read Chinese text, try to use this URL telnet://ptt.cc , the board name is of course “Angels”.

-- RIP Nick Adenhart

by mjhsieh on Aug 21, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can anyone understand English on that board?

小翅膀田徑隊 A track and field team with small cute wings

by highlandhalo on Aug 24, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Xie xie ni ne

Post of the year!

by Turks Teeth on Aug 21, 2009 1:43 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs

+10

by mattwelch on Aug 21, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Isn't the proper response supposed to be? "Wo ye hen hao. Xie xie"

We don't have a Bullpen. We have a Cowpen. Before we get to call it a Bullpen these guys gotta grow a pair.

by Stirrups on Aug 21, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If we're proper yankrr clowns, yup.

That’s the joke. The poster was giving us a kneeslappin vocab lesson, Wade-Giles/Taiwanese style. So responding with a Pinyin/Mandarin gibberish “Thank you sir, and you?” is like a nod to giddy cognitive dissonance and Michael Keaton in the 1987 globalization sitcom Gung Ho all at once. Hen hao,

by Turks Teeth on Aug 21, 2009 8:07 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Whoa. Wait. You mean that i was getting pwned all those years by my Chinese mainland Sysadmin???

We don't have a Bullpen. We have a Cowpen. Before we get to call it a Bullpen these guys gotta grow a pair.

by Stirrups on Aug 21, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Big time

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Aug 24, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Big Mango and "Cuban" are perfect.

Airhead for Aybar is so fitting too, not lately though. Great post.

First we had a Salmon and now we have a Trout, let's see the same results.

by angelskid2210 on Aug 21, 2009 1:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This is awesome.

Captain, there are doubt's...

by Match Day 5 on Aug 21, 2009 3:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Post of the Millenium!

Greatest post EVER, holy crap. Gotta love how things translate sometimes.

“Respectful Hormone” is the best

“Liquefied Knees” aka “Big Uncle” for GA, haha us “gwei-lo” who have some exposure to Asian culture know the “uncle” nickname….like the “Bus Uncle” video.

Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.

by swiss mcgee on Aug 21, 2009 4:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs