[Lexicog] Re: Naming the Beautiful Game: Football or Soccer?

[Fritz Goerling]

Sure, John, reminds me of the comic song with the refrain 

"The English the English the English are best 
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest."

 

Well, if England is the mother country of modern*  football, others have
refined

the game (I'll send you something funny off-list, showing different football

tactics which confirm our stereotypes about each other).

 

Let's keep our eye on the ball,

 

Fritz

 

*Maybe we can start a discussion about what is "modern". 

John Roberts wrote:

Thanks, Michael. And the British can do this too. See this website:

http://www.historic <http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/BestifBrits.htm>
-uk.com/CultureUK/BestifBrits.htm

... but I think we have taken our eye off the ball.




 

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