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Topic Started: Jun 23 2010, 11:11 AM (725 Views)
Hastine
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Universi enim hic sumus.
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Well, I guess it's related to the other Italian word for "shoe", calzatura, which is related to French chaussure, Portuguese calçado and my very own Sperian cauxati, all of which derive from the Latin calceus.

I can see why they didn't outright Italianize it though; "football" when rendered in any other language just sounds retarded. In Sperian, it's called "Pain-Bila" (Foot-Ball). :P
Edited by Hastine, Jul 11 2010, 04:45 PM.
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Hastine
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Good job Spain. I wasn't rooting for you, but after seeing all the freakin' yellow cards the Dutch managed to pull, you definately deserved it.
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Agreed. Way too many stupid penalties and there easily could have been another one or two Dutch players sent off with red cards. That said, they had two or three brilliant chances but couldn't seal the game. In the end the better team won. Congrats to Spain.
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Aelius
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Norman Warlord
I'm not happy that Spain won. Getting the final wrong knocked me all the way down from the 97th percentile to the 73rd percentile. :(
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Bloodthirsty Unicorn
Spain deserved it. Dutch were playing way too dirty for my liking.
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