Google| Subject | Re: Ha ha - even *more* Scand linguistics; was: The British Secret Service... |
| From | Annette Fraser |
| Date | 2002-04-24 05:40 (2002-04-24 05:40) |
| Message-ID | <3cc6292f$1@news.qut.edu.au> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | paulh |
In article <ju2ccu4n1d97e9fbr91387tsp8k8di93fi@4ax.com>, paulh <paulh@fahncahn.com>wrote:
paulhAlthough I agree on the whole, my experience (being a Southerner living up North) is that *most* rugby league fans refer to the game as 'league' in discussion, and if off to a match, *then* say 'I'm going to the footy'. I still find it very difficult to reconcile calling a game where they hardly ever kick the ball 'footy' although I dare say the roundball fans would say the same about Aussie Rules.
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:10:53 +0100, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote:David Floodpaulh
'Football' here in Ireland, of curse, means the Gaelic variety http://www.gaa.ie/.
In Oz it means Aussie Rules (basically Gaelic with some Rugby influences), and in Americ-ay it's Grid Iron, as you say.
Not entirely true.
In Aust NSW and Queensland are 'Rugby States' and they call Rugby League 'Football' (generally)...In all the the other states Aussie Rules is predominant and is called Football (or Footy more usually). The Dichotomy between these two codes in their respective states is very strong...
I agree about the dichotomy between states though. Even Brisbane winning the AFL flag last year has done little to change things
Annette
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