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Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
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lugnet.sports, lugnet.loc.au
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As far as I know it, the game is called Football in England, Fußbal in
Germany and where I'm from, The Netherlands, voetbal
Most countries use the term football... so why not the rest of the world?
Whytcross, Benjamin <BWhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au> schreef in berichtnieuws
1D0812CAE3E7D2118BCD00805FA76DEB022A51FA@gw-exg-ne01.pacificaccess.com.au...
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Deidre Rushton Brumby [mailto:drb@tasmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 8:02 PM
> > To: lugnet.football@lugnet.com; lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> > Subject: Re: New newsgroup lugnet.football for Football/Soccer
> >
> >
> > In lugnet.football, Todd Lehman writes:
> > > OK, hmm, so, OK, can we back up a bit? So, what you're • saying (taking both
> > > of your posts into account) is that:
> > >
> > > 1. The official name of the LEGO product line in Australia • is "LEGO Football"
> > > and not "LEGO Soccer," and
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > >
> > > 2. Australians call the sport "Soccer" and use the word • "Football" for
> > > something else, possibly Rugby.
> >
> > Yup, it's soccer. Football possibly refers to Rugby in some
> > parts of Aus,
> > but generally football refers to AFL which is a different
> > game altogether.
>
> Yep, Aerial ping-pong, I believe it's called by fans of cross-country
> wrestling :)
> [I didn't want to seem to descriminate against fans of one form of • football
> or another.]
>
> > > Is that correct? In other words, did LEGO name the product • line incorrectly
> > > w.r.t. Australian conventions when referring to the sport?
> >
> > Yes, but I don't think Lego Australia think for themselves in
> > matters such
> > as this, they are just following what Lego out of Europe
> > tells them and
> > hence follow the European naming convention. They don't even correct
> > references to seasons in the catalogs! Dinosaur Island is
> > coming "after
> > summer" i.e. now and it is most definitely winter in this part of the
> > world!
>
> Ah yes....But it IS after summer, isn't it? ;-)
>
> >
> > > Does anyone know if -- anywhere in the world -- the official • LEGO product line
> > > for this is called "LEGO Futbol"?
> > >
> > > p.s. The 2000 LEGO Football/Soccer sets rock!!!
> >
> > I think they're great too and I'm not even much of a sports fan :)
>
> I believe, but am not certain, that they go by this name in Germany...I've
> got a small promo fro them, and I think it was something like FutBol. I
> couldn't find it last night while trying to sort out some catalogues, but • I
> was only using 2 folders, and I'm sure it's in one of my other 6 or so
> catalogue/promo folders.
>
> I'll get it scanned when I find it.
>
> > Deidre
> > drb@tasmail.com
>
>
> Benjamin Whytcross
> BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
> Ph: (03) 9856 5282
> Directory Technology Pty Ltd
> 1/436 Elgar Road,
> Box Hill, 3128
>
> Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)
>
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