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Re: Football numbering Re: UK 2000?
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lugnet.promo, lugnet.town
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 00:25:18 GMT
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N. Hoogerbrug <ringebu@knoware.nl> wrote in message
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> Hi Guys,
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> Why is everyone calling it Futbol anway?
Read
http://www.lugnet.com/general/?n=9771
> German. But it aint clear why the hack Americans call a rugby like and • related
> game Football. I think its an historical mistake.
> In Europe we call it American Football.
From what I hear American Football is a derivative of Rugby. Seems strange
to call it American Football as the ball's hardly kicked. Then again
American Football also known as Gridion but I hardly ever hear it mentioned
as such. (1)
Sanjay
(1) This isn't intended to be an American Football bashing session, in case
anyone mistakenly thinks so.
Followup's set to Lugnet.Sports.American Football
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| (...) Well the full name of Rugby is Rugby Football, this is different from Association Football - which we shortened to soccer but then got rid of that stupid word and so had football and rugby. Carbon 60 (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Football numbering Re: UK 2000?
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| Hi Guys, Why is everyone calling it Futbol anway? It s the plain translation of the original name Voetbal in Dutch, Fussball in German. But it aint clear why the hack Americans call a rugby like and related game Football. I think its an historical (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.town)
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