Re: open letter to tv commentary teams

Dave (SA) wrote:

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?

SA and Namibia are in Africa after all.

Anyway, the SA (especially Afrikaans) commentators & journos call England the "Roses" -- a nickname that is almost (never that I've heard) used by the English themselves.
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