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>This is about 2 nations separated by a common language.
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>reading this book at the moment - American author but part of the story is set in England - Hereford to be exact.
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>The author has a bunch of English watching a footy match on telly between Manchester United and Glasgow Rangers.
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>OK, this has happened once or twice in recent history, during a European cup match, but generally the English league and Scottish league don't play each other. But I'll allow this.
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>next all the men in the pub are complaining cos the match ends, say 1-1. But they keep complaining of a "tie". No Brit would say that - it's a "draw". To us a tie is a meeting of 2 teams (such as a cup tie).
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>that's like two Americans calling each other "mate" :-)
Yup, he muffed that one. (The other mistake, of course, being that it would have been a nil-nil draw....)
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