> Alison :
>
> > Just for the
> > record, it's hockey. All other varieties (air, road,
> > etc.) get a qualifier before the noun, but not the
> > one, true and original hockey. :-)
>
> Hmmmmm .... you mean the variety played by
> school-uniformed, goosebumped, young
> girls, desperately attempting to seem
> earnest in the wet chill of a typical English
> sports day ?!
>
> And this is Canada's National Sport ??!!!
>
> Wow.
>
> Tell me more !! ;-)
>
> Julian Lord
>
> PS Nope, hockey and *ice* hockey are definitely
> NOT the same thing ...
First they tell us what to call our wine. Now they are telling us
what to call our hockey? When will it ever end...?
You are discussing Field Hockey, a lesser sport.
Do not presume to talk of hockey, unenlightened one! For in Canada,
its ALL ABOUT HOCKEY. (And I'm only half kidding, sorry to say)
Jeff