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Old 05-Jul-2006, 15:52
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Default Football lingua franca

There's a form of international language some people seem to speak at the moment, a "lingua franca" spoken by football fans.
If a language is articulate, maybe it isn't a language, but it is understood widely: the other day, I didn't watch the match, but I knew that Portugal had won. Because of the auto horns blowing.
3 hours later, even if I hadn't watched the match, same concert, even stronger...
Well, there are more Portugese around than Italians, so if I hear nothing, that will mean Italy has won. (edit : I've just realized it's France vs Portugal, so in any case, tonight will be noisy...)
If it lasts all night, France will go to the semi-final.

Honk, honk, honk !!!

If we can play the final, I'm sure there's good money to be made selling earplugs...

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