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What's the official name of the new Futbol/Football product category? Is it Football in the U.S. and Futbol outside of the U.S.? --Todd (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:3871467c.102903...net.com... (...) The hyperlink text for the football link at (URL) suggest it is football in Europe. The Asian and US catalogue is the same. For database purposes, I am (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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I guess nobody here wants to enlighten me...I asked this question a couple of months ago and I will ask again: Where are you guys seeing a reference to either the words "futbol" or "football"...I have yet to see either word in a catalog or on the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nope. Just not looking carefully enough. ;) The hyperlinks on the System page of the catalogue all have an alt-text which appears if you don't load images or - if your browser supports it - when you move your mouse over the icon. The icon in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oops, as was pointed out by JoshuaD, it's much more likely that it'll be called Soccer in the U.S. because Football in the U.S. means pigskins. I think it's interesting, though, that the name of the GIF file displayed on this page: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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That's simply because Lego.com is essentially an American site, probably maintained by American Lego personnel. -- Paul Davidson James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:FntIC4.Mzv@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's actually quite the opposite of likely, in this case. If the site were Americacentric, it would say "Soccer". Over here, "Football" is a silly game played with pigskin, that has little to do with feet. :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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True, but a half-clever American will know that what he calls soccer is called football everywhere else. He just won't know how to spell. ;) -- Paul Davidson James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:Fnu6Bn.DGq@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote in <FntrHK.D9z@lugnet.com>: (...) [snip] (...) In the Direct catalog included in my 7144 Slave 1 Set, the title on #3404 is "White Soccer Bus / Autobus blanche de Soccer" and #3407 is the Red Soccer Bus. So, as (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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