Date:         Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:45:36 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: MOD AGAIN re FIFA World Cup
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... the same reason that the Brits call the day after Christmas Boxing Day
...
but, nobody uses gloves.

bob ... looking forward to doing whatever it is I will do next, in my
vanagon.

 On Jun 11, 2010 5:09 PM, "Tom Buese" <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> But why do the Americans call soccer, well soccer, & the Brits call
> soccer, well football & the Americans play football w/ their hands
> while the Brits/others play soccer w/ their feet & call it that?
>
> Mr. BZ-even if the Brits did invent soccer
>

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