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Fed up with World Cup football
DairyLama
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Yes, I know it's only just started but I'm already fed up with all the flag-waving. Is it just me?:rolleyes:
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I'm impressed with some of the things the players can do on the field too.
Though I suppose Rob Green's error had some sort of comedy value yesterday
It's not just you, Porpoise, but then I find football frenzy distasteful anyway.
No its not just you. I'm not particularly a footie fan myself and could never understand all the hysteria or the huge wages footballers get , though I might watch the final match.:)
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There seems to be a lot of tetosterone involved.
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Palzang
yup.... there are some moments which are breathtaking.
ok. I agree with you... it's a little too much.
Some games are interesting in the World Cup, but I don't even watch those. The closest I come to caring, is to ask my dad (who is obsessed with soccer or football, whatever you wanna call it), what the score is and who plays in the following day. But that's about it.
I guess I'd be sick of it if I lived in South Africa and had to endure the endless vuvuzela noise, or the crazy fans, but since I'm all the way down here in Ecuador and my country didn't even make it to the World Cup this time around, then it's alright. I don't mind people enjoying it.
That's fine, I just wish they'd do it quietly..
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yeah enjoy it but don't disturb others.
"Soccer" is fine for people in the US. If you say you like "football" in the US, they think you're talking about the fat guys with helmets and pads.
Does this happen anywhere else in the world?
I heard someone say recently that the streets in London were totally deserted on the day they played the US. Just like in that movie "28 Days Later". Eerie.
I find it very amusing that USians have adopted a word that comes straight out of the English Public Schools: the private schools for the ruling class. "Soccer" for Association Football, "rugger" for Rugby Football. Why not go the whole hog and call your wastepaper basket a "wagger" as at Radley School?
learn about it and try to take an active interest in it and you will get into it more.
That's very interesting. I didn't know the origins of the word and I always assumed it was just a way the americans had invented to refer to a sport who's name conflicted with their own version of football.
i saw the game for the danish team yesterday, and as soon as they scored, i could hear people far away from my home all cheering
I was glad to see North Korea got wiped out by Portugal though. I'd be fascinated to know how that gets reported in Pyongyang.
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Palzang
But then there's cricket and tennis and motor racing and....
...will it never end?
As for soccer, it's the standard term for the sport in the US, and has no popular association with Britain, regardless of its origins. It's useful because it allows us to differentiate between two forms of football.
BTW, I love the neologism "USians". Is that your invention? I've always thought that "Americans" was a bit of an awkward term for the citizens of a county that takes up only a part of the Americas.
Palzang
There was a period many years ago when the males in my family owned a series of MGs and Triumphs. At work, my dad would occasionally mutter about "goddamn British sports cars." This greatly pained a Scottish woman that he worked with, so he learned to mutter "goddamn English sports cars" instead.
The Scottish woman was a Catholic, who occasionally muttered about "Proddy bastards." And so it goes. :-)
This the perception of the term where I live as well. People here don't like the fact that USians (lol) call themselves americans, because America is the whole continent and not just their country. But what are you gonna do about it huh? Oh well.
But yeah, to stay on topic, americans or USians got eliminated from the Cup, ouch! How do you all feel about that? Gotta sting getting eliminated by Ghana.
(On that same note, at least the US made it TO the cup. LoL. Where as my country didn't.)
Maybe I should invent my own term. I'm interested in Vespuccian music. God bless Vespucciland. We need to protect our Vespuccian culture from the corrupting influence of the Welsh. Vespuccians must band together against the threat posed by the evil Ghanian football team or they'll pick us off one by one, depriving us of any hope of dominance in the World Cup. See? I'm on topic, if not entirely coherent.
You're so right, I will make it part of my daily practice..
"May I be well, may I be sporty, may I free from whingeing.."
"United Kingdom" and "Great Britain" are both problematic these days.
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Or you're creating comedic artistic genius! Bravo sir!!
How strange life is...
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For those of you who are still weary about the world cup getting so much attention, don't worry, it will be over on July 11. LoL. Hang in there.
Spain v. Holland! How exciting.
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I'm rooting for Spain. If only because they are a Spanish speaking country too. Haha.
Can someone *please* explain to me why in England "public" schools are private? Are private schools public? In America, private schools are private. You pay the tuition or you don't go. Public schools are free. That's why they're called public. Paid for by (GASP!) tax dollars.
Sadly, "tax" has become a four-letter word in America. Our "tea party" folks liken themselves to the patriots of the 18th Century who opposed taxation without representation. But today's whackos simply oppose taxation, period. I think that used to be called "anarchy".
Mtns
In England there are public schools, private schools and state schools. Public schools cost a lot, private schools a bit less and state schools are free. It's such a class-ridden society.
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And well done Paul the psychic octopus!
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PS Holland did too many fouls and didn't deserve to win.:p