Re: "offside" in football (soccer)

Mike Lyle wrote:
> Bob Cunningham wrote:
> [...]
>>
>> I doubt that I would ever pay to see a soccer game if I
>> could watch it on TV. Even if I did have a reason to see it
>> at the stadium, I would still want to watch it on TV later
>> to see what really happened.
>>
> [...]
> Banality alert red. The two experiences are different in kind, not
> just quality. I know much less about the game than you do, but every
> other blue moon I like to be there. Best savoured on one of the old
> grounds which have standing-only terraces, not the all-seater
> abortions: the crowd feeling is gripping. Banality ends.
>>
>> Are we still talking about English usage? Yes, we're
>> discussing the meaning of "offside", "goal" and "goal line".
>
> And "game" and "match". Broadly speaking, English people say "match",
> and Welsh people, "game". There is even a Welsh-language word _gêm_,
> which, astoundingly, is pronounced like the English word spoken in a
> Welsh accent.

I am less astounded for knowing of the Welsh word "sospan" which is also
pronounced much like the English "saucepan".
--
John Dean
Oxford

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