-=> Alan Ianson wrote to Flavio Bessa <=-   
      
    AI> We have another game here called football. It has a different ball,   
    AI> much like but not the same as rugby and different rules. I guess that   
    AI> "football" came first here so we had to call the other "football" game   
    AI> soccer.   
      
   	I know, here it's called "American Football" :)    
      
   	The ball is oval-shaped, right?   
      
    AI> I used to play soccer in my youth, and that is what it has always been   
    AI> called here as far back as I can remember. It kind of surprised me to   
    AI> see a soccer match being played on TV one day and the game was being   
    AI> called "football". I don't know why that is but that's the way it is   
    AI> here.. :)   
      
   	And that's the interesting point, everywhere else it's called   
   	"football"... ;)    
      
      
      
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