[Sca-cooks] Juana la Loca
rattkitten at bellsouth.net
rattkitten at bellsouth.net
Wed Feb 27 10:28:39 PST 2008
Ok quibbling aside...
What is the difference (for those of us who aren't sports enthusiasts) I thought Soccer was Football.
Please explain. You can do so off list if we think it is going to start a whole sports thread. Cause I know that this is off topic. But I am curious.
Thanks
Nichola
-------------- Original message from "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius1 at verizon.net>: --------------
>
> On Feb 27, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Suey wrote:
>
>
> A minor quibble: I don't know if this is an issue for anybody one way
> or the other, but for sheer language purposes, it might be better to
> call the game "football" and trust the readers here (although
> certainly not many outside Americans) to know you don't mean American
> football.
>
> "Soccer" is, by definition, played under a set of rules finalized in
> England in the 19th century, and while it is football, it's a pretty
> specific game.
>
> Adamantius
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