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17th June 2003, 04:50 PM |
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Polska4Ever
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ye... they know... but the pronunciation is very different so no one really cares....
Although going down what they are actually called... Major League Soccer gave me the chuckles the first time I heard it... though it was a joke, but now I know why it is called soccer since American Football has next to no contact at all with your feet and the ball. Just begging the question, "Where does the word 'soccer' come from"?
(No offense to anyone)
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19th June 2003, 04:47 PM |
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seamus
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I believe "Soccer" came out of England. It used to be called "Associated Football" because there were the other types of football (Rugby, Aussie, etc.). In England, they used to put "-er" at the end of everything, like breakfast would become "Breaker" and such. So Associated Football became "Soccer".
Can't remember the book I found it in, but I believe this roughly how the story went, anyway.
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20th June 2003, 12:07 AM |
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M_U_F_C
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Back to the subject
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20th June 2003, 10:43 AM |
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kingkenny
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Mr wank!!! classic.
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20th June 2003, 05:37 PM |
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JBro
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mork and mindy I was watching a while ago and i kept hearing them call a land lord they didnt like Mr wanker, I thought surely that cant be right, then up came the credits and accross my screen was the name MR WANKER oh dear oh dear
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6th August 2003, 09:01 PM |
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TheFullMonty
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_jenio
I think wank(a) doesn't mean anything in the US, there was an episode of some sitcom where a person was called Mr. Wank and it wasn't even a joke, i on the other hand almost wet myself watching.
no we recognize it...a silly english thing 
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9th August 2003, 05:35 PM |
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Lovely Leeds
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Well whenever Manchester United are playing Arsenal, I have to say it's always
"up The Arse".....
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