97.3 KIRO FM claims coining ‘The Clink’ for new CenturyLink Field
Jun 21, 2011, 1:57 PM | Updated: 2:04 pm
Qwest Field will now be known as CenturyLink Field, the Seahawks announced on Monday.
By Tuesday, several news outlets had dubbed the field “The Clink.” But some 97.3 KIRO FM staffers say they got there first. We decided to investigate.
Prost Amerika Soccer: “Farewell Qwest Field. Hello CLink” posted June 20 (first comment registered at 11:15 a.m.)
(Prost Amerika might be the winner, but, there is some debate as to whether they were just abbreviating, going with CLink (would be pronounced (see-link) with capital ‘L’ and hadn’t really gone so far as to change to clink, pronounced (klink).)
Sounder at Heart: “Qwest Field Officially Becomes CenturyLink Field” The idea of calling it “The Clink” has already been thrown out there. (Where? – we ask) posted June 20 12:20 p.m.
Here’s the KIRO report that first referenced “The Clink” on June 20 at 12:57 p.m.
Listen to ‘Clink’ report from Jessica Gottesman
NBC Sports: “Seahawks rename Qwest Field” – Commenter thevolcanokid says: Jun 20, 2011 4:20 PM Yay! Now we’re playing games in the Clink!
Crosscut: “Qwest Field’s new name: The Clink” posted June 21 around 11 a.m.
Herald Net: “The CLink,” June 21.
The Clink may have also hit earlier on after the initial reports of the acquisition of Qwest in April.
Field Gulls: “Extraordinarily Small Panel of Football Writers Rank Seattle’s Qwest Field 3rd-Toughest Place To Play” – In story body it read: Qwest (the CLink hasn’t caught on yet, I guess) posted Jun 7.
Sorry KIRO, looks like the idea was already out there. But we support you championing (klink) pronunciation over (see-link) in news reports. Let’s make it official!
