By Accents, Football

it is football in the UK for soccer. 'foodbal' is just how it sounds depending on the accent. And.. since they played football (soccer) before american football, I guess they have a right to call it that.

That audio is very fragmented and makes no sense but this is what i hear:...inga in the grand fi.....Oh, whoa I......ooo is fun (singing part) .... alright yeah ...'Yes'. 'He said yeah, yeah' ....The accent is Australian. The complete first phrase at at guess is 'Mal Meninga in the grand final',...

>for example Irish people, who are counted as a minority in the UK but look just like British people. Yep! We Irish are generally an audible minority - we distinguish ourselves by our accents. Yes, invisible minorities tend to be composed of things such as religion, nationality and people...

This is really badly off topic but I couldn't resist the temptation to comment on your correct observation. I understand very well that native speakers of English mispronounce foreign words because foreign languages are not studied much in English-speaking countries.Well, can you really blame us?...

Hi K48 1) native American English speaker 2) I understand it, but I do not think it is a clear expression. In some cases I might not be sure I completely understand the intent of the speaker. 3) I never use this expression. 4) If I used it I would not use it for sports. For example, if I said...

I think we need to do some historical study on this. The "Story of English", published by the BBC in the '90s (I haven't got it to hand now) gives a different origin, as far as I can remember. As I said earlier, it grew up in the public schools (Americans, don't be fooled by the word public,...

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All languages change and develop over time, with new words being added and different meanings being applied. English has changed just as much as American english from what the language was like in the 18th century - no one goes around talking like Charles Dickens or Jane Austen anymore. naturally...