Posted on 05/27/2013 7:15:11 AM PDT by the scotsman
'British attempts to describe baseball provoke ridicule in the US, while American jargon in "soccer" causes amusement and bafflement among British fans. Why do people care so much?
If England and America truly are two nations divided by a common language then sporting talk is where the chasm is at its widest.
The different vocabulary used by fans in the US and UK - not just England - when discussing the same sports seems as entrenched as ever.'
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Get used to embracing and celebrating diversity ;-)
>>Why do people care so much?
Americans don’t!
I became aware of the cultural chasm decades ago when it came to automotive technology. The only place it appeared to cause any difficulty was when ordering parts and your terminology had to be precise or you would be in for an unpleasant surprise.
Zero-Zero the most commonly used term in soccer
A major reason that I'm not a soccer fan.
>>Some people do. My pet peeve is a NFL announcer referring to “the intercept” instead of “the interception.” Does it really save so much time? They talk constantly, anyway.
The article is about American’s butchering soccer terms, not the NFL.
And I agree, sports announcers talk way too much! Color commentary should come in a separate sound feed (like another language) that can be turned off.
You don’t need to tell me what the article is about, I actually read it.
Actually it’s Nil/Nil...which does sound cooler at least....”Yawn”!
>>Zero-Zero the most commonly used term in soccer
There ya go, thinking like a ‘murrican. Soccer isn’t about scores and winning. Its about running. It like jogging for people who don’t want to go far from their water bottle.
I've heard "intercept" used as a noun in fields such as military intelligence ("al-Qaeda telephone intercepts were disclosed by the New York Times"), but this usage probably isn't standard English. In any case, football is also turning the noun "defense" into a verb--I have found commentators and sports journalists using phrases such as "the Trojans have found a way to defense Texas A & M's wish bone."
Sorry, but I'm just too "Murrican. My favorite part of a soccer game is the post-game riot by fans of the losing team.
It is all Greek to me
So now, you not only get mindless patter, you get mindless patter in broken English.
>>Sorry, but I’m just too “Murrican. My favorite part of a soccer game is the post-game riot by fans of the losing team.
They’re just mad because someone scored.
Well, at least soccer players jog.
Baseball and NFL players are too fat to do so.
Sports fans get mad when someone scores? What a concept.
Pity thats a myth. Very few soccer games actually finish 0-0.
Honestly, any country who gives us baseball and gridiron, two sports which take hours to complete, has no right to call soccer boring.
I actually like gridiron, but it IS far too long. And baseball?. Dear god, only useful as a cure for insomnia.
>>Well, at least soccer players jog.
>>Baseball and NFL players are too fat to do so.
Baseball, perhaps. But football? No way.
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