Cultural Interpretations!
Sep. 7th, 2010 01:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So, I was reading
kroki_refur 's episode review of doom on 4x19 (Jump the Shark), because I find them amusing...and she talked about Sam saying that John may have "slipped one past the goalie"
Then she goes on to say how much she loves the fact that Sam made a football (soccer) reference and how it's continuity with the fact that Sam played soccer when he was 12 or whatever...
But dudes! I thought it was a hockey reference! I've ALWAYS thought that was a hockey reference!! MY MIND IS BLOWN!
Canadian!Me: There are other sports besides hockey?!!?
Well-Traveled!Me: My goodness...I'm Canadian.
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What did YOU picture, hockey or soccer? (Uh, not counting those of you who just pictured the actual process of making a baby and didn't pay attention to the sports metaphor...)
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Then she goes on to say how much she loves the fact that Sam made a football (soccer) reference and how it's continuity with the fact that Sam played soccer when he was 12 or whatever...
But dudes! I thought it was a hockey reference! I've ALWAYS thought that was a hockey reference!! MY MIND IS BLOWN!
Canadian!Me: There are other sports besides hockey?!!?
Well-Traveled!Me: My goodness...I'm Canadian.
...
What did YOU picture, hockey or soccer? (Uh, not counting those of you who just pictured the actual process of making a baby and didn't pay attention to the sports metaphor...)
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Date: 2010-09-07 08:26 am (UTC)I totally thought of soccer.
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Date: 2010-09-07 09:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-07 09:21 am (UTC)(Speaking of cultural interpretations, Winchester, Like the Bishopric (http://kroki-refur.livejournal.com/274186.html), also by
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Date: 2010-09-07 09:24 am (UTC)Also, thanks for the rec...I will read it tomorrow when it is not after 2am! :)
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Date: 2010-09-07 09:30 am (UTC)This is what I get for not reading the post correctly ¬_¬
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Date: 2010-09-07 09:27 am (UTC)And I totally meant to add that I did think of soccer and not hockey. But then again, I'm not Canadian ;P
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Date: 2010-09-07 04:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-09 08:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-07 09:22 am (UTC)I really don't even know why. Must be all that Canadian influence right up there to the north of me. *g*
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Date: 2010-09-07 09:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-07 12:09 pm (UTC)Of course, I live in Northern Wisconsin so I'm not sure that gives me that different of a cultural perspective.
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Date: 2010-09-07 04:25 pm (UTC)Still, nice to know I'm not alone in not thinking about soccer AT ALL.
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Date: 2010-09-07 01:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-07 04:33 pm (UTC)Ah well...there are worse Canadian-qualities to have (and I'm sure I have them too :P )
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Date: 2010-09-07 06:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-08 12:48 am (UTC)But yeah, that's what I thought...pucks and ice are better imagery for slipping, rather than soccer balls and turf.
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Date: 2010-09-07 06:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-08 12:50 am (UTC)Anyway, my point is...what was my point? Um...hockey is cool?
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Date: 2010-09-07 08:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-08 12:52 am (UTC)But yeah, so, that DOES fit in with the North=Hockey, South=Soccer...but, that's no longer a universal rule based on some of the comments.
Thanks for weighing in!
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Date: 2010-09-07 08:53 pm (UTC)I'm from Latvia – and I don' t consider it to be a "really cold country" even if we can play hockey outside in winter and for some time that game is rather famous here. And Latvia definitely is not "close to Canada” as you have put it in a reply before my post.
But for me too - that comment felt like one about hockey and not soccer :)
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Date: 2010-09-08 12:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-08 11:54 am (UTC)Besides the word "slipped" makes me think of ice, not turf.
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Date: 2010-09-08 04:33 pm (UTC)Plus, aren't soccer goalies called keepers? Or is Quidditch? Haha...I'm getting my fantasy sports confused with my real sports.
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Date: 2010-09-15 02:36 pm (UTC)One issue though with North=Hockey, South=Soccer though, if that's the case, why are there NHL teams in Arizona and Florida? (Although most of their players are from Canada/Sweden/Norway/Czech/Germany/Poland/Latvia/Northern States/NotFloridaorArizona....)
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Date: 2010-09-15 04:11 pm (UTC)