Posted by TAKAHASHI Makoto on June 20, 2001 at 02:37:26 from 133.145.228.11:
We found 4 'football's in Saga. Page is that of Puffin books.
>striped red and white and round as a football, (PD p.54)
>eOh, well held, sir,f said Tom, as he would have said on seeing
>a good pass at a football match. (CC p.162)
>eItfs lucky itfs not the football term,fiWH p.106j
>like a punctured football (GN p.206)
From context, we determine that CC and WH 'football' means rugby football. In PD and GN, their is no such context. Especially for the case of PD, shape is different. Which do you think Ransome and readers recognize word "football".
Is it right to recognize all "football" in Saga as rugby football not as association football?