Rabbitohs vs Rabbitos

[Eion]

Not trolling, just have a burning desire to tackle the big issues.

I have these 1968/69 The Rugby League News magazines and they reference the "Rabbitos" not the "Rabbitohs". I'm curious....when and why did it change to the "Rabbitohs"....anyone know?

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

Always know us as the Rabbitohs. Never seen it any other way.

 

[Eion]

Always know us as the Rabbitohs. Never seen it any other way.

I was the same, but then saw it spelt the other way. Thought the first one may have been a typo, but have noticed it spelt like that consistently

 

[southsport]

Rabbitohs as far as I know.

 

[Randwick Rabbit]

Started collecting Scanlens footy cards in the mid 70's, still have most of them. It is spelt Rabbitos on these cards as well.

 

[Randwick Rabbit]

 

[ThingFish]

Can’t give a definitive date, but going by my footy card collection the last time they used Rabbitos was 1978, they then used Souths, then the first appearance of Rabbitohs was 1988. So I can only nail down the spelling change to between 1979 and 1987.

 

[doyen]

Not trolling, just have a burning desire to tackle the big issues.

I have these 1968/69 The Rugby League News magazines and they reference the "Rabbitos" not the "Rabbitohs". I'm curious....when and why did it change to the "Rabbitohs"....anyone know?

Has always been RABBITOHS---probably a misprint!

 

[ThingFish]

Has always been RABBITOHS---probably a misprint!

All the offical footy cards up to 1978 they where called the Rabbitos. That’s about a decade of misprints

 

[ThingFish]

Not trolling, just have a burning desire to tackle the big issues.

I have these 1968/69 The Rugby League News magazines and they reference the "Rabbitos" not the "Rabbitohs". I'm curious....when and why did it change to the "Rabbitohs"....anyone know?

Here’s a footy card from as early as 1968 with Rabbitos, and a promo sticker from the 70s. Haven’t been able to find any thing after 78 with Rabbitos, so I reckon the spelling changed early 80s.

 

[Eion]

Here’s a footy card from as early as 1968 with Rabbitos, and a promo sticker from the 70s. Haven’t been able to find any thing after 78 with Rabbitos, so I reckon the spelling changed early 80s.
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Interesting. My material only starts as early as 1968 as well. Bring back the “Rabbitos” I say!

 

[Rabbits20]

Has always been RABBITOHS---probably a misprint!

I was about to post in here and say ask Doyen lol!

 

[ThingFish]

Interesting. My material only starts as early as 1968 as well. Bring back the “Rabbitos” I say!

Nah, it’s Rabbitoh all the way But to answer the question, why the spelling changed?, that probably needs our club historian Mark Courtney to get an answer.

It’s probably as simple as, with a change in footy card suppliers the new card company added a H, the press went with it. Back then marketing and brand awareness didn’t exist so the club probably just went with it.

 

[doyen]

Nah, it’s Rabbitoh all the way But to answer the question, why the spelling changed?, that probably needs our club historian Mark Courtney to get an answer.

It’s probably as simple as, with a change in footy card suppliers the new card company added a H, the press went with it. Back then marketing and brand awareness didn’t exist so the club probably just went with it.

Many Souths people,& I was born & bred one,are well known for dropping their "aitches."

 

[doyen]

I was about to post in here and say ask Doyen lol!

As long as they are pronounced the same I don't care how it's spelt-----growing up in the 40s & 50s it was really just a word you heard--a word that this PERSON yelled out in the street; "Rabbbbiiiittooooeehhhhhh"-----to draw attention to the wares he was trying to sell;ie dead,skinned & gutted rabbits sitting on ice in the back of his horse-drawn buggy!! This is how I remember it as a skinny,little kid growing up in Botany!
Our family of 6 kids ate a fair bit of rabbit & loved it!! As I grew older I realised I was committing a sin--won't touch it now;hate it,makes me ILL!!!!

 

[ThingFish]

As long as they are pronounced the same I don't care how it's spelt-----growing up in the 40s & 50s it was really just a word you heard--a word that this PERSON yelled out in the street; "Rabbbbiiiittooooeehhhhhh"-----to draw attention to the wares he was trying to sell;ie dead,skinned & gutted rabbits sitting on ice in the back of his horse-drawn buggy!! This is how I remember it as a skinny,little kid growing up in Botany!
Our family of 6 kids ate a fair bit of rabbit & loved it!! As I grew older I realised I was committing a sin--won't touch it now;hate it,makes me ILL!!!!

Know how you feel, never knock back a good chicken dinner though especially Red Rooster

 

[Eion]

Nah, it’s Rabbitoh all the way But to answer the question, why the spelling changed?, that probably needs our club historian Mark Courtney to get an answer.

It’s probably as simple as, with a change in footy card suppliers the new card company added a H, the press went with it. Back then marketing and brand awareness didn’t exist so the club probably just went with it.

Thanks mate. I’ve enjoyed the trip into the past on here. Now let’s hope the sharks and rabbitos/rabbitohs aren’t fighting it out for the spoon this year! I’d much prefer Brisbane got it....

 

[Souths Till I Die]

As long as they are pronounced the same I don't care how it's spelt-----growing up in the 40s & 50s it was really just a word you heard--a word that this PERSON yelled out in the street; "Rabbbbiiiittooooeehhhhhh"-----to draw attention to the wares he was trying to sell;ie dead,skinned & gutted rabbits sitting on ice in the back of his horse-drawn buggy!! This is how I remember it as a skinny,little kid growing up in Botany!
Our family of 6 kids ate a fair bit of rabbit & loved it!! As I grew older I realised I was committing a sin--won't touch it now;hate it,makes me ILL!!!!

This is the exact same story I was told by my Grandpa. I find it funny that we use a rabbit as our mascot but the Rabbitoh was a rabbit on a stick?