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Re: Soccer ball name
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:05:05 GMT
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let's just say that in France nothing comes to mind when you say soccer, it
doesn't come close to any name which we use. I'm ready to bet that it is
the same in Brazil (BTW we won the world cup :-P )
Todd Lehman a écrit dans le message ...
> In Brasil, do you say "football" or "soccer"? If you don't say "soccer," • what
> comes to mind when you hear the word "soccer"?
In any case I would say that since we are using American english to
communicate here the word soccer is probably fine since this is unambiguous.
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| (...) Yes, but you didn't have a LEGO set for your team. :-P Unless those unconfirmed rumors were true. Nah, Matt would have had some by now... Steve (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I don't know for sure if "soccer" is used in Australia or not, but in either case, isn't "soccer" guaranteed not to be ambiguous, unlike "football" or "fussball"? In Brasil, do you say "football" or "soccer"? If you don't say "soccer," what (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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