[Albion] Albion: do you know what the word means without googling it?

[sakooshi]

Without having to look it up or ask anyone

 

[Whitley Bayster]

I looked it up a long time ago

Its the Greek name of Britain - I think myth about the person/god who founded the country was called Albion


Edit: Just looked it up again - William Blake came up with the myth about the god, who was actually the son of Poseidon - apparently Albion had 12 sons, who obviously formed the first football team (before football was officially invented in the 90's). The names were

Hand
Hyle, Coban, Guantok, Peachey
Brereton, Slayd, Hutton, Scofield, Kox,
Kotope, Bowen.​

Corrected for you!

Edit: Just looked it up again - William Blake came up with the myth about the god, who was actually the son of Poseidon - apparently Albion had 12 sons, who obviously formed the first football team (before football was officially invented in the 90's). The names were

Ward
Ward, Ward, Ward, Ward
Ward, Ward, Ward, Ward, Ward,
Ward, Ward

 

[Albion my Albion]

There's actually a college in southeast Michigan called Albion College. It is named for the town of Albion, Michigan.

Albion College

www.albion.edu

 

[Insel affe]

It means alcohol is served here

 

[US Seagull]

There's actually a college in southeast Michigan called Albion College. It is named for the town of Albion, Michigan.

Albion College

www.albion.edu

There is, apparently, an Albion in New York state too:

Town of Albion, New York

Welcome to the Administrative Office of the Town of Albion, New York, in Orleans County

townofalbion.com

Holy 1990's web design!

Confusingly there's also this:

Village of Albion – Incorporated 1828

villageofalbionny.gov

Which seems to be the same place?

 

[Albion my Albion]

There is, apparently, an Albion in New York state too:

Town of Albion, New York

Welcome to the Administrative Office of the Town of Albion, New York, in Orleans County

townofalbion.com

Holy 1990's web design!

There is an Albion, NY but they are in the snow belt east of Buffalo. You certainly don't want to go there in winter.

Albion · Albion, NY 14411, USA

Albion, NY 14411, USA

www.google.com

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

Yes I do.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Yes.

 

[Wallace]

I was under the impression it has something to do with the union of England and Scotland, hence Alba in Scottish. But I might be taking bollocks

 

[nickbrighton]

Which is why West Brom never made all that much sense to me. I don't remember any sweeping white cliffs there.

(Yes, I know the archaic term for England still applies)

West Brom use it as the ground is (was) near an area known as albion

 

[SAC]

Albion. Ottoman word indicating 2nd highest (over) paid director in the league.

Is my guess.

 

[Anger]

Yes, it's where somebody vouches that you were with them at 3am on the night of the 17th when the Romford Barclays safe door was blown wide open.

 

[Scoticus]

I was under the impression it has something to do with the union of England and Scotland, hence Alba in Scottish. But I might be taking bollocks

Alba is Scots Gaelic for Scotland:

Alba - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Diocletian]

it was King "Dioclician" of "Surrey" (Syria), who had 33 daughters, the eldest being called "Albyne". The princesses are all banished to Albion after plotting to murder their husbands, where they couple with the local demons; their offspring became a race of giants. The chronicle asserts that during the voyage Albyne entrusted the fate of the sisters to "Appolyn", which was the god of their faith. The Syrian king who was her father sounds much like a Roman emperor, though @Diocletian (3rd century) would be anachronistic, and Holinshed explains this as a bungling of the legend of Danaus and his fifty daughters who founded Argos.

So basically a regular music poster on NSC who was from Surrey (which used to be Syria) moved to Albion to set up the warehouse trading group Argos.

Impressive knowledge of History and the Classics HWT and my user name is that of the 3rd century Roman Emperor Diocletian.

I have an affinity with Split in Croatia where Diocletian lived and built a palace which is the heart of the town and where I spent many happy times over the years.

I think it’s lovelier than Dubrovnik.

Nothing to do with the word Albion and yes I wish I did own Argos.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Impressive knowledge of History and the Classics HWT and my user name is that of the 3rd century Roman Emperor Diocletian.

I have an affinity with Split in Croatia where Diocletian lived and built a palace which is the heart of the town and where I spent many happy times over the years.

I think it’s lovelier than Dubrovnik.

Nothing to do with the word Albion and yes I wish I did own Argos.

Wikipedia is my friend.
Still, one does need to know what to look up

 

[Weststander]

Yes (without cheating)

 

[Silverhatch]

Of Britain

 

[Mellotron]

"...I believe it's an old, old wooden ship."

 

[Brovion]

Did not know that about West Brom. Learned something today.

Think that means I can take the rest of the day off, right? And it's only just 9am. Fantastic.

Yeah, for years the story was that we'd picked 'Albion' because one of the founders of the club (John Jackson) had been involved with West Brom and thought the name was good. That was also the reason we played in stripes, because West Brom used them.

However Carder and Harris in 'SEAGULLS! The story of Brighton and Hove Albion' debunked this story. There is no evidence that Jackson, or indeed any of the founders, was involved with West Brom - and we didn't play in stripes for the first few seasons. So unless something else has come up since 1993 we'll never know why 'Albion' was chosen. ('Brighton and Hove United' was rejected as Hove FC, a separate club, objected).

 

[The Albion Roar]

As Tim Carder explains in his now 32 year-old history book of the club, there are many hypotheses as to why 'Albion' was chosen for the club's suffix – The Albion Brewery, The Royal Albion Hotel, The Albion Hotel (a separate establishment), the Albion Coffee House, the precedent of WBA and their blue-and-white stripes.

None, some or all of them might be true. But the actual answer is... nobody knows for sure.

 

[Hamilton]

There is, apparently, an Albion in New York state too:

Town of Albion, New York

Welcome to the Administrative Office of the Town of Albion, New York, in Orleans County

townofalbion.com

Holy 1990's web design!

Confusingly there's also this:

Village of Albion – Incorporated 1828

villageofalbionny.gov

Which seems to be the same place?

That is brilliant!

@Bozza can we be twinned with Albion, USA

And can we get a dog and renew our dog licence?