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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Why is the English team called the lionesses? Shouldn’t it be the Lady Bulldogs?


13 posted on 07/02/2019 11:56:33 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: Cowboy Bob
Why is the English team called the lionesses? Shouldn’t it be the Lady Bulldogs?

The stylized lion is very much a symbol of English.


30 posted on 07/02/2019 11:59:34 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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To: Cowboy Bob
Why is the English team called the lionesses? Shouldn’t it be the Lady Bulldogs?

A local high-school team here is called the Lady Bulls.
Let that sink in for a moment.


32 posted on 07/02/2019 11:59:50 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

The Men’s team is The Three Lions.


37 posted on 07/02/2019 12:02:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Because the Lion is the British national symbol.


40 posted on 07/02/2019 12:03:51 PM PDT by Ikemeister
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To: Cowboy Bob

England are known in soccer as the three lions


127 posted on 07/02/2019 2:52:45 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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