From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-08 11:47:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B211DCE.BD5D67B1@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Off-Topic "football" References: <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fjgha$blf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <35mqhtkdfma2rggv1htcaq6vfn2ihs67a1@4ax.com> <3B1E1452.BAFAAB7F@baesystems.com> <3B1E4B93.7FB8A94D@lmtas.lmco.com> <3B1F3704.C7E0D03A@brighton.ac.uk> <3B202E17.7C728B66@brighton.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 13:47:42 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 992026066 151.168.144.162 (Fri, 08 Jun 2001 14:47:46 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 14:47:46 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10511 comp.lang.ada:8445 comp.lang.awk:2928 comp.lang.clarion:21480 comp.lang.java.programmer:74872 comp.lang.pl1:932 comp.lang.vrml:3671 Date: 2001-06-08T13:47:42-05:00 List-Id: > (Off topic: OTOH, Americans talk about "soccer" instead of "football", > but the game they call "football" is played mainly by picking the ball > up and running like hell instead of using the feet. Another example > of misleading documentation provided by an ill-chosen identifier? :-) But it does use feet to start the game and occasionally during. The fact that the name football was already taken somewhere else in the world was irrelevant to US. Joke.... or perhaps not? From: "Angelico" in another newsgroup (translated from Spanish): A few years ago, I took a world-wide survey. The question was, "What is your opinion on food scarcities in the rest of the world?" The survey was a failure because: > > > - in Africa, they didn't know what "food" meant > > > - in Eastern Europe, they didn't know what "opinion" meant > > > - in Western Europe they didn't know what "scarcities" meant > > > - in the USA they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau