on 25-08-2000 9:59, Bradley Smith at BradleyS@artisansw.com wrote:
> I disagree. The game you refer to as Football (the one where you use your
> hands more often than your feet) is called "American Football" to
> differentiate it from Football proper as played by every other nation on the
> planet.
Yes we're getting off topic here, oh well...
Did any US citizen ever wonder why they call a game that consists of a lot
of people running around with an oval shaped thing is called "Football" ?
Robert Benschop
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