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Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
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Thu, 3 Aug 2000 07:24:12 GMT
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In lugnet.football, Todd Lehman writes:
Of course, the most official name for the theme is still Football (right?)
because that's what the name is in the European markets.

Even here (Aus) the official theme name is still Football although all the Aus.
AFOLs here on Lugnet refer to the sets as "soccer" in normal conversation.
Lego Australia calls it Football, and so does the annual catalog.

Deidre
drb@tasmail.com



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  Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
 
(...) Aha!! Interesting! 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 2. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.loc.au)

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  Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
 
(...) Oh! OK, I'll fix that on the webpage. OK, added the word "most" and now it says this: ("Soccer" is the U.S. name for what is called "Football" most everywhere else in the world.) That's what I've heard for years and years, anyhow. What's it (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)

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