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Re: Futbol or Football?
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Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:21:23 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Paul Davidson writes:
> That's simply because Lego.com is essentially an American site, probably
> maintained by American Lego personnel.
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
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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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... (...) (24 years ago, 5-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 (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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