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Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
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lugnet.sports
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Thu, 3 Aug 2000 07:13:46 GMT
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In lugnet.football, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> Just to be picky, we Australians also call it soccer. [...]
Oh! OK, I'll fix that on the webpage. OK, added the word "most" and now it
says this:
("Soccer" is the U.S. name for what is called "Football" most everywhere
else in the world.)
That's what I've heard for years and years, anyhow. What's it called in the
UK and Canada and other non-U.S. English-speaking countries?
Of course, the most official name for the theme is still Football (right?)
because that's what the name is in the European markets. (Just like Slizer
vs. ThrowBots, Competition vs. CyberSlam, Western vs. Wild West, etc.)
--Todd
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| (...) Even here (Aus) the official theme name is still Football although all the Aus. AFOLs here on Lugnet refer to the sets as "soccer" in normal conversation. Lego Australia calls it Football, and so does the annual catalog. Deidre drb@tasmail.com (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
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| (...) Just to be picky, we Australians also call it soccer. "Football" here generally refers to Australian Rules Football (AFL) although I think that it may also refer to Rugby(?) depending on where you live in Aust. (Can't say for sure, I'm not a (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)
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