On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:02:27 +1100, John J > wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:01:21 -0800, sf > wrote:
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> >On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:31:42 +1100, John J > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:03:02 -0800, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:02:35 +1100, John J > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> That's because not everything is always exclusively about where you
> >> >> happen to live. In Australia they also say football when they mean
> >> >> some form of rugby. It wouldn't matter if there wasn't another sport
> >> >> that actually is football.
> >> >
> >> >I didn't know rugby had more than one form! From my understanding,
> >> >our sport is referred to as "American" football by outsiders - which
> >> >is fine by me. I also knew that some sport played with a round ball
> >> >elsewhere is called football and I knew it was either soccer or rugby
> >> >- but they look the same to me so I can't tell one from the other.
> >> >
> >> >I don't understand why anyone who isn't an American cares what we call
> >> >that sport. They don't live here, they aren't interested - so why
> >> >waste energy trying to tell us we're calling it by the wrong name?
> >> >Has any country adopted a better name for it? If they have, I don't
> >> >know what it is... but they certainly know that we call their
> >> >"football" rugby, so they're paying far more attention to our sports
> >> >than we do to theirs.
> >>
> >> You're very much into us vs. them. Anyway, call it what you want. It
> >> was just an innocent comment.
> >
> >Sorry. It struck me as an us vs them type comment.
>
> No worries, I must have put it the wrong way.

We're "good", John (aka: no problem).

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