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   From: alexander koryagin    
      
   Hi, Roy Witt!   
   I read your message from 13.07.2014 13:21   
      
     DH>>> Actually, I meant that I don't know why it's "soccer"   
     DH>>> in North America and "football" everywhere (?) else!   
     RW>   
     ak>> I know that in Croatia people don't use the word   
     ak>> "football". Instead they call it "nogomet" - it sounds   
     ak>> probably like "footthrowing" in English. I believe that in   
     ak>> this way they fight against foreign words.   
     RW>   
     RW> They should then use a word that would translate as   
     RW> 'foot-kicking' - since ??the players do more of that than   
     RW> 'throwing' the ball with their feet.   
     RW> Better yet, make goal attempts using their heads the only way   
     RW> to score and call the game 'head-kicking'...   
      
   Even  more amusing "nogomet" sounds for the Russian people. "Met" in    
   Croatian and Russian means "to throw". For instance, "minomet" is a    
   weapon -- a mine thrower (launcher). "Nogomet" can mean that you throw a    
   foot (that was probably cut off).   
      
   Bye, Roy!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
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