Re: open letter to tv commentary teams

On Oct 1, 6:16 am, "Dave (SA)" <david.baker...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 30, 3:49 pm, Dave Keegan <ru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


You'd have heard the patronising British commentators droning on
about "plucky south sea Islanders" then, especially after England had
the game in the bag. What is so hard about the word Tongan?

Some relatives of the moron Charles, I believe.

Keegan...

I missed that comment (despite watching the game)
however don't the English sometimes refer to the Kiwis and Aussies as
Antipodeons?
And SA and Namibia as Africans?

Maybe it is just an English thing?

Other nations commentators should call England, 'Europeans'.
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Australian and New Zealand commentators could start calling the
English
"Antipodeans". That'd confuse them :)

Strictly speaking, the antipodes of NZ are in the Atlantic south of
Ireland,
then Spain and a bit of Morocco, and I think the antipodes of
Australia are
Bermuda and a whole lot of ocean, but if English commentators can
call
Australians especially "Antipodeans", then obviously geographic
accuracy
isn't essential.

--
Apteryx

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