Linguistics is alive and well at Redskins Park
The Washington Redskins may be starting a new player, Chad Rinehart, at offensive guard this Sunday. A reporter, trying to get some inside dope on Rinehart, asked Redskins center Casey Rabach what nickname the Redskins players have hung on him. “Rhino,” Rabach responded — a moniker that seems appropriate for a behemoth offensive lineman.
But the reporter, not knowing enough to quit while he was ahead, pressed on: “Why ‘Rhino?”
Rabach’s response:
“Rinehart’s an awful lot of syllables, so Rhino kind of flows off the tongue a lot easier …”