Google| Subject | Re: Ha ha - even *more* Scand linguistics; was: The British Secret Service... |
| From | David Flood |
| Date | 2002-04-24 09:24 (2002-04-24 08:24) |
| Message-ID | <aa5pmi$83g20$1@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de> |
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"paulh" <paulh@fahncahn.com>wrote in message news:ju2ccu4n1d97e9fbr91387tsp8k8di93fi@4ax.com...
paulhinfluences),
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:10:53 +0100, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote:David Flood
'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
I stand corrected.and in Americ-ay it's Grid Iron, as you say.paulh
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 ispredominant
and is called Football (or Footy more usually). The Dichotomy betweenthese two
codes in their respective states is very strong...I imagine that gets very confusing.
D.
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