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Goons....Gooners....Bonghorns

Discussion in 'Bedlam & Flame' started by Cowboyslikeus, Feb 8, 2012.

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    CrazySooner Wrangler

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    Yes, it is from soonersports.com...however, it is also basical Oklahoma history that there were law officers and railroaders and merchants and others LEGALLY inside the territory before the land run.

    I know crap like this is hard to swallow, because so many people want to paint the word Sooner with a broad brush under one definition...but facts are facts...even those that were LEGALLY in the territory before the land run are called Sooners.

    Oh, and Welcome to the Sooner State!
    CrazySooner, Mar 24, 2012

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    Oh and Chris...maybe you will trust the okstate.edu website?



    http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/SO010.html
    CrazySooner, Mar 24, 2012

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    Reading comprehension would do you well. Notice how the quote is "legal sonners"...last time I checked, the key word of that phrase, "legal," wasn't in ou's nickname nor in the definitions ou's websites chooses to provide. Here, let me help you with the definition for non-legal sooners:


    No doubt. And they were called "legal sooners", otherwise not known as the nickname for the university. The simple term of "sooners" (notice the obvious omission of the word legal) was used to define those who were not legal (because, you see, the word was omitted). You can't spin your way out of that, sorry. ou tries to paint with an opposite broad brush that all sooners were legal, and that's just not true.
    Chris H., Mar 24, 2012

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    Also from the website you're choosing to cite:

    So I say, Welcome to the Cowboy State! Take the Sooner State phrase and shove it! Since there's not statue or resolution my doing so is just as proper as yours.
    Chris H., Mar 24, 2012

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    LooneyGoon got owned. :lol:
    Rob B., Mar 25, 2012

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    It would do wonders for a lot of people....now re-read my first post on this subject.

    Then maybe you would see that I stated that there were people that were in the land LEGALLY, I know that is a tough word to read, in the territory of Oklahoma before the land run. And those people are considered sooners as well.

    But don't let facts of my posts get in your way.
    CrazySooner, Mar 25, 2012

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    Rob B. Twizzard of Oz

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    :facepalm: legal sooner is not the same as sooner. It's not that difficult to understand.
    Rob B., Mar 25, 2012

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    The term of those who were there LEGALLY is "legal sooners" from the very source you cited, not "sooners". So let's play a game called fill in the blanks.... ________ were those who entered the terriority illegally, also the nickname for the University of Oklahoma athletic teams. Those who were legally allowed to enter the territory before the land run such as "employees of the government (deputy marshals, revenue agents, mail carriers, land officials) or of the railroad company (trackmen, section hands) or those with special permits (Indian agents, teamsters, traders)" were called _____ _______.
    Chris H., Mar 25, 2012

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    I enjoyed the history lesson and am proud my great grand parents participated in the Land Run the legal way, but all those facts don't change the fact that OU Sucks. No matter what you call them.
    WyomingCowboy86, Mar 25, 2012

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    Weren't those indians??? :D
    MSteph57, Mar 26, 2012

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    I think so. :p
    CrazySooner, Mar 26, 2012

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    I am new to this interwebz thing but I think what just happened to CrazySooner is called "pwned"

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    L-Town Poke, Mar 26, 2012

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    A legal sooner is a sooner who was legal. If an intruder gets killed by a person defending his house, he doesnt say "i killed him legally" he says "i killed him". He's still a killer, whether or not it was legal or warranted. Sooners had multiple definitions, and one of them was defined legal and another definition was defined as illegal- it's still sooner.
    Midnight Toker, Mar 27, 2012

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