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Coligny wrote:the french company Adidas
most recent annual report in pdf format, all 264 pages of itadidas Group Annual Report 2013 wrote:adidas Group
2013
Annual Report
adidas AG
Adi-Dassler-Str. 1
91074 Herzogenaurach
Germany
©2014 adidas AG
chokonen888 wrote:I thought he was just making a joke...isn't it pretty well known that ADIDAS is a Japanese-like shortening of founder Adolf "Adi" Dassler's name.
Wage Slave wrote:And you all know about brother Dassler and Puma ...... I didn't until very recently.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I thought everyone already knew the answer already, but I'm hearing more and more idiots bring this up: Why Americans Call Soccer 'Soccer'.
chokonen888 wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:I thought everyone already knew the answer already, but I'm hearing more and more idiots bring this up: Why Americans Call Soccer 'Soccer'.
So....do they still refer to rugby as rugger?
Coligny wrote:Wage Slave wrote:And you all know about brother Dassler and Puma ...... I didn't until very recently.
No ?
But brother is still based in Nagoya... I think...
As for Dassler... Dun't even know what they do...
Ok, read the wiki... Strike that...
Wage Slave wrote:chokonen888 wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:I thought everyone already knew the answer already, but I'm hearing more and more idiots bring this up: Why Americans Call Soccer 'Soccer'.
So....do they still refer to rugby as rugger?
Yes, but it is dated and has public schoolboy connotations.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I thought everyone already knew the answer already, but I'm hearing more and more idiots bring this up: Why Americans Call Soccer 'Soccer'.
Russell wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:I thought everyone already knew the answer already, but I'm hearing more and more idiots bring this up: Why Americans Call Soccer 'Soccer'.
So, if they would have been logical, they would've called it "focker"...
wagyl wrote:Russell wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:I thought everyone already knew the answer already, but I'm hearing more and more idiots bring this up: Why Americans Call Soccer 'Soccer'.
So, if they would have been logical, they would've called it "focker"...
I think they are suggesting that SOCcer is developed from AsSOCiation. It is possible, I suppose, but it is the first I have heard of it. I had never really thought where the name came from. Probably because I have little interest in it. But I can't help now wondering why it isn't pronounced "soaker" then.
Russell wrote:Dunno.
Thought she needed some shavin'
Hijinx wrote:Russell wrote:Dunno.
Thought she needed some shavin'
Maybe it's part man.
Russell wrote:Hijinx wrote:Russell wrote:Dunno.
Thought she needed some shavin'
Maybe it's part man.
Don't tempt Coligny...
chokonen888 wrote:I think they can still call it (grab) Asser...
How Association gets pronounced Sock and turned to Socker/Soccer is beyond me but I still don't get how McDonald's gets turned to Maccas.
Wage Slave wrote:chokonen888 wrote:I think they can still call it (grab) Asser...
How Association gets pronounced Sock and turned to Socker/Soccer is beyond me but I still don't get how McDonald's gets turned to Maccas.
Soc is a well worn abbreviation of society. Association isn't far off that.
chokonen888 wrote:I still don't get how McDonald's gets turned to Maccas.
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