Date:    Sat, 20 Jun 1998 23:03:40 +1000
<br>From:    Ross Chambers <maelduin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
<br>Subject: hooligan inglese
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<br>Reporting on the behaviour of English football followers in Marseilles
<br>last week, "La Fiamma", an Italian language newspaper published in
<br>Australia, uses the expression:
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<br>"hooligan inglese"
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<br>I have only the SOED at hand for etymology of "hooligan". It cautiously
<br>offers "the name of an Irish family in SE London, conspicuous for
<br>ruffianism" for "hooligan".
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<br>It's interesting to contemplate the possibility of this eponymous family
<br>living on in Italian.
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<br>Kind regards - Ross Chambers
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<br>Ross Chambers           Sydney       Australia
<br>maelduin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ozemail.com.au
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<br>"L'Australia non e solo agli antipodi, e lontana da tutto,
<br>  talora anche da sa stessa."
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<br>(Australia is not only  at the Antipodes, she is away from everything,
<br>sometimes even from herself)
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<br>Umberto Eco
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