Choo-Choo has a train of thought.THE arrival of a potential new Blues star in Christian Benitez, or Chucho as he likes to be known, has triggered plenty of pronunciation problems at St Andrew's. The beloved Brummie accent has seen the Ecuador international's nickname, which means 'little annoying dog', become Choo-Choo, making him sound more like a steam train than a South American striker. And the manipulated moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. hasn't been missed by Blues boss Alex McLeish Alexander "Alex" McLeish (born January 21 1959, Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland) nicknamed "Big Eck",[1] is a former professional footballer and is currently manager of the Scotland national team. , as was shown during one TV interview last week. When asked what he calls Benitez, Big Eck brilliantly replied: "Thomas the Tank Engine!'' |
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