As far as my memory goes, we had 'hockey with puck' and 'hockey on
grass' back when I was a kid...
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On July 30, 2012 2:58:08 AM Brian Walters <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> wrote:
Quoting Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com>:
> That's what we call field hockey. At least in North America, Hockey
> means ice hockey and the modifier goes with the other one. Ah, the
> wonders of cultural diversity.
Yep.
Down here, the concept of playing hockey on ice would be a mystery to
most people, so 'hockey' with no modifier, is what's played on grass....
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
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>
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 6:06 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>> Use the right bait and you'll hook 'em every time. ;-D
>>
>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
>>
>>> No, that would be ice hockey.
>>> Dan Matyola
>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 2:17 PM, J.C. O'Connell <hifis...@gate.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> hockey? umm, that would be the winter games....
>>>>
>>>> -----------------
>>>> J.C.O'Connell
>>>> hifis...@gate.net
>>>> -----------------
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
>>>> John
>>>> Sessoms
>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 1:19 PM
>>>> To: pdml@pdml.net
>>>> Subject: Re: OT: London Olympics 2012
>>>>
>>>> From: steve harley
>>>>
>>>>> on 2012-07-28 19:06 kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Agreed. I kept on trying to find a connection with the theatrics and
>>>>>> the
>>>>
>>>> Olympics.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> the opening was more about Britain than about sports; that's pretty
>>>>> normal
>>>>>
>>>>> course i didn't watch much of it because by the time it was on the
>>>>> tellie
>>>>
>>>> it
>>>>>
>>>>> was already stale on twitter and other sources; shame on NBC for
>>>>> thinking
>>>>> their whole audience is stuck in the 1980s; NBC also been ruining other
>>>>
>>>> stuff
>>>>>
>>>>> by doing cuts between commercials that leave out some of the scoring
>>>>> runs
>>>>
>>>> in
>>>>>
>>>>> volleyball and basketball ? and the Tim Berners-Lee gaffe was abominable
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> i had to go to Youtube to find the full Sex Pistols performance
>>>>>
>>>>> the bike race this morning was covered pretty well though
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested in who wins the gold in Hockey, but not enough to pay
>>>> attention to the games. If the USA manages to win again I'm sure it will
>>>> get mentioned on NPR.
>>
>>
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