LL-L 'Auctions' 2006.07.13 (03) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 13 July 2006 * Volume 03
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From: 'Global Moose Translations' <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L 'Language use' 2006.07.12 (04) [E]

Mark Brooks wrote:
>A question arose in my mind on Sunday after watching the World Cup final.
When
>two players "trash talk" each other in these international competitions (or
in
>professional leagues), what language(s) do they do it in? Is there some
kind of
>football lingua franca they use? For that matter, many professional teams
are
>made up of players and coaches from many different countries. Do they use
the
>"home" language during practice and team meetings? For example, does
everyone on
>the Real Madrid team learn Spanish, or do they "get by" in some other
language?

In the case of Zinedine Zidane, the language was probably Italian, because
he played in Italy for quite a while and speaks Italian, and Mazzerati knew
that.

Actually, having heard what this was all about, I'm with Zidane all the
way...

Gabriele Kahn

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language use

Gabriele:

> Actually, having heard what this was all about, I'm with Zidane all the
> way...

Yeah, let's make him the official model for the kids of the world!  "If someone
taunts you and insults you or yours, beat the ... out of him!"

Reinhard/Ron

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