Football Talk: The Language and Folklore of the World's Greatest Game

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Who still says 'soccer'; why does 'Arsenal' sound so foreign; who was 'sick as a parrot' first; was Shakespeare the game's first clogger; and what makes footballers better wordsmiths than the Eskimos? The answers to all these and more are revealed in Football Talk, football's first dictionary of words.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1861056834

ISBN13:9781861056832

Release Date:August 2004

Publisher:Protico

Length:280 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

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