Re: Too much? (Was: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages)

On 04/04/2024 15:50, Chris Elvidge wrote:

On 03/04/2024 at 08:38, David Brown wrote:

One lottery winner managed this.  When he won about £160M in the lottery, he bought his favourite football club (or "soccer club", for those who come from a country where "football" doesn't involve feet or round balls) and set it up as a trust owned by the club's fans.

 I do wish people would stop intimating that the US is the only place where Association Football (the football we play in the UK) is known as soccer. When I was at secondary school (back in the 1960's) "soccer practise" was a well know alternative to the term "football practise".
 

The term "soccer" is sometimes used in the UK, yes.  It is most common in schools or areas of the country where rugby (also occasionally known as "Rugby Football") is popular.
But the term "football", unqualified, invariably means "soccer" - except in the USA.