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[Brigantium]

I'm not so sure about the Falklands one, a heck of a lot of people wouldn't even get the Malvinas reference. Seeing English translations with an American flag next to them would irritate the hell out of people, or maybe some football-related jibe. Or suggest that Scotland/Ireland/Wales are preferable to England.

 

[The Flash]

I'm not so sure about the Falklands one, a heck of a lot of people wouldn't even get the Malvinas reference. Seeing English translations with an American flag next to them would irritate the hell out of people, or maybe some football-related jibe. Or suggest that Scotland/Ireland/Wales are preferable to England.

"Soccer is for pussies, there's only one real football and it's played in the States"

 

[Brigantium]

That probably wouldn't work. More like something about England failing to win stuff and English players being outclassed by foreign players, including in the English leagues. I still think suggesting that England is a shithole when compared to Bonnie Scotland would get a fair few people going.

 

[The Flash]

More like something about England failing to win stuff and English players being outclassed by foreign players, including in the English leagues.

People are well aware that this is the case, imo. It's the consensus opinion of English football pundits.

 

[Brigantium]

Doesn't mean it doesn't wind people up.

 

[Brigantium]

Got it: any mention of 'British English'. That will wind people up.

 

[Black Wizard]

If you were on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain, you're an Eastern European.

This is what I tell a Czech and Slovenian I know.

 

[Cornfed Hick]

"Soccer is for pussies, there's only one real football and it's played in the States"

Can't get too riled up over that one, because it's demonstrably true.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

American Football is definitely my most favorite sport. It sucks that the season is so short.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

I can see the entertainment value in American Football.

But it isn't football.

 

[Perun]

I honestly wouldn't know. I guess it depends who you're confronting. My non-Dutch wife says:
"The Dutch say they are tolerant. It used to be some sort of reputation. But when you say they are not (because they aren't (anymore)), that might trigger them."

You're going to have to endure that a lot in the future if Wilders is elected, I'm afraid.

 

[The Flash]

Can't get too riled up over that one, because it's demonstrably true.

You can make the argument that it's more enjoyable, it's more manly, more athletic, whatever. Can't make the argument it's the real football. It's factually false.

You also can't make the argument that "nobody cares about soccer", which is another factually false statement that I've seen uttered far too often by Americans.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Saying "England" when referring to the whole of the UK (or Great Britain) is annoying, quite common, illogical, and confusing. There is a historical context to this usage, but I'd guess most people are unaware of this.

 

[LooseCannon]

I'd say that irritates people in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland more than it does people who live in, say, London.

As for Canadians, the best way to aggravate us is just to use "eh" wrong at the end of sentences. Or suggest that hockey sucks.

 

[Perun]

Or go Leafs!/Habs! to the wrong person.

 

[LooseCannon]

"As a franchise, Phoenix has really added a lot to the game of hockey."

 

[Forostar]

You're going to have to endure that a lot in the future if Wilders is elected, I'm afraid.

Yep. I sure don't hope to see that day.

 

[Night Prowler]

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[Travis The Dragon]

I done voted.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

You done what?