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From: Mark V. on 5 May 2010 19:38 I was lecturing a group of about 20 community college students on European immigration issues, and focusing on North African communities in France and elsewhere. Not ONE of them responded in the affirmative when I asked if they were familiar with "the headbut" from 2006. And this in the media market of the MLS team with the highest attendances.
From: Gabbage on 5 May 2010 21:19 On May 5, 7:38 pm, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I was lecturing a group of about 20 community college students on > European immigration issues, and focusing on North African communities > in France and elsewhere. Not ONE of them responded in the affirmative > when I asked if they were familiar with "the headbut" from 2006. And > this in the media market of the MLS team with the highest attendances. In other "America has a long way to go" news, the most popular team in the US is... Mexico: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704342604575222283277157578.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn (On the other hand, there is an article about soccer in the Wall Street Journal.)
From: Bob on 5 May 2010 21:23 Mark V. wrote: > I was lecturing a group of about 20 community college students on > European immigration issues, and focusing on North African communities > in France and elsewhere. Not ONE of them responded in the affirmative > when I asked if they were familiar with "the headbut" from 2006. And > this in the media market of the MLS team with the highest attendances. Are the demographics of that market similar to that of community college students and is it typical of the average US market? Somehow, I'd tend to think that community college students in SoCal are more likely to know about football trivia.
From: Mark V. on 6 May 2010 03:01 On May 5, 6:23 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote: > Mark V. wrote: > > I was lecturing a group of about 20 community college students on > > European immigration issues, and focusing on North African communities > > in France and elsewhere. Not ONE of them responded in the affirmative > > when I asked if they were familiar with "the headbut" from 2006. And > > this in the media market of the MLS team with the highest attendances. > > Are the demographics of that market similar to that of community college > students and is it typical of the average US market? Somehow, I'd tend to > think that community college students in SoCal are more likely to know about > football trivia. Make that "headbutt"! Nobody called me on my typo. I don't know what the typical community college demographic is because it really varies from college to college, and even from class to class. It is in Everett WA (you may be familiar, Bob), a working class/ military town north of Seattle. I've seen a couple of these students wearing Sounders jerseys, one wearing an Italia shirt, and know that a couple of them play soccer in local leagues.
From: Mark V. on 6 May 2010 05:13
On May 6, 12:29 am, Abubakr <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 6 May, 16:56, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > And the other thing is that we (i.e. the smart people of > Nonamericandom) that when we say "America" we are abbreviating the > full title of United States of America; the same level of geographical > knowledge can't be said of Yanks vis a vis the outside world. Are you sure you want to make blanket statements like this? You usually come across as being a bit more thoughtful. |