>>>>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" :-)
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>>>Yup, he muffed that one. (The other mistake, of course, being that it would have been a nil-nil draw....)

Yet later in the book he correctly refers to a car park and several other terms that have a difference.
e.g. he refers to the ER at a hospital correctly as "Accident & Emergency" (A&E)

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>>Nil-nil draw is a correct brit usage.
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>>I believe the US term would be "zero-zero tie"?
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>Or "nothing-nothing."
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> I was commenting more on the paucity of scoring than the terminology. And you know I was only kidding about that, being a fan. (As you also know, many Americans do consider futbol / soccer "too low scoring").