Quote Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi View Post
Whenever this topic comes up on here (which is surprisingly often) I wonder if everyone is on a wind-up or if they're not aware that sometimes nicknames exist for people and places.

Did they sit through the whole of Italia '90 perplexed at never once seeing this "Gazza" bloke everyone was talking about?

Do they visit New York and spend their time scouring the place for this giant apple everyone's been on about?
It's like Americans calling football 'soccer' I'm afraid.