Do you know how many types of football there are in the world?
There may be no definitive answer, but we’ll deal with 3 major sports: American football, soccer and rugby football, taking in hockey and cricket along the way.
Wikipedia Article about Sport in Britain
Check out what the Brits like to play for sports
Wikipedia Article about Sports in the U.S.
And here you can find the fab sports in the United States
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Folge vom 15.11.20085. Football is not always soccer
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Folge vom 16.10.20083. Ersatz vocabulary – borrowing from GermanIt is well known that German (like many other languages) has borrowed words from English. Less well known is the fact that words have also travelled in the opposite direction, with sometimes surprising results. more loanwords See this list at Wikipedia for some more instances and examples of German expressions in English
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Folge vom 01.10.20082. Missed the mark – brand name blundersDid you know that even reputable companies sometimes get it wrong when choosing a name for a new product or service? Hear how Germans thought that Rolls Royce was offering them garbage in the 1930s, and how “Nova” was not the best name for a car. Marketing Translation Mistakes take a look at this website to delve into more brand name blunders Markenflops and here you can find even more marketing mistakes (in german)
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Folge vom 16.09.20081. Where handys don\'t come in handyGermans are surprised to discover that it’s possible to tour the United States on a Beemer, which sounds to them like “Beamer”, a word that native speakers of English probably don’t even know, because “Beamer” is a pseudo-loan word. We have some more examples for you… Wikipedia article More information about implications and causes of so-called \"false-friends\". more words See this list at Wikipedia for some more instances and examples of Denglisch.