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Originally Posted by troutman
Why do we start talking like Brits when talking about soccer? "Kits" instead of "uniforms", "pace" instead of "fast". It is especially funny to see Craig Forrest speak this way (even though he played in Ipswich). Craig is from Coquitlam.
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I think it is just natural to use the lingo of the game.
Table, pitch, nil those sorts of things.
I will go so far as to say that I'm a bit brainwashed by watching euro soccer (and I'm not exactly a soccer nut). When I watch a NA broadcast the PBP guy doesn't have a british accent and uses NA language to describe things, I instantly think the guy sucks. Something about soccer broadcasts with a British guy doing commentary just seems so much better.