2010 FIFA World Cup Tipping competition

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Germany 2 - 0 Serbia
Slovenia 1 - 1 United States
England 1 - 0 Algeria

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Netherlands - Japan 3-0
Denmark - Cameroon 0-0
Ghana - Australia 1-0

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Paraguay - Slovakia 1-1
Italy - New Zealand 2-0
Brazil - Ivory Coast 2-1

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Mexico vs. Uruguay: 2-2
France vs. South Africa: 0-0
Nigeria vs. South Korea: 0-1
Greece vs. Argentina: 3-1

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England vs. Slovenia 1-0
USA vs. Algeria 2-1
Germany vs. Ghana 2-0
Serbia vs. Australia 2-0

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Brazil vs. Portugal: 1-2
Ivory Coast vs. North Korea: 2-0
Spain vs. Chile: 2-0
Switzerland vs. Honduras: 1-0

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I said 2:1 for England in the other thread (we would technically have that now, if the offside goal from Klose didn´t count and the valid English one counted.)

And I say 3-0 for Argentina.

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Brazil 2:0 Chile

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Germany vs. Spain: 2-2 after extension, Spain wins penalty shoot
Holland vs. Uruguay: 2-1

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Germany vs. Spain: 2-2 after extension, Spain wins penalty shoot
Holland vs. Uruguay: 2-1

You heard it here first, before the octopussy ...



But lets see if it turns out this way ...

(I hope that Germany and Spain lose, because in the company where I work I betted on Portugal and nobody betted on Holland and Uruguay to win the World Cup, so I could save 5€).

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Uruguay 2:1 Germany

Spain 2:0 Holland

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Austrians, according to a new Gallup poll, are betting on Spain to win the Final:

54% say Spain
36% say Holland

ÖVP voters: 72% Spain
SPÖ voters: 66% Spain

FPÖ voters: 54% Holland
Green voters: 50% Holland

http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20100710_OTS0061/oesterreich-umfrage-oesterreicher-glauben-an-spanien-als-weltmeister

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How many say Limburg or Flevoland? Did they poll that?

Nope.

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How many say Limburg or Flevoland? Did they poll that?

You've made your point...

I apparently haven't, since people keep saying Holland.

And I'll keep saying it. It's widely used and even the Dutch themselves say it. It may not be "correct"....but is it that important to you?

It's a pet peeve that people say the name of a province (or two provinces) rather than the name of the whole country. And, yes, it pisses me off.

I live in a tourist area where many tourists are either from Germany or Holland. And I´ve talked with many of them and about 90% of them answer "Holland" when I ask them where they are from (As if it where necessary to ask them, because most times you already know that they are from Holland because of their Holland dialect).

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ÖVP voters: 72% Spain
SPÖ voters: 66% Spain

FPÖ voters: 54% Holland
Green voters: 50% Holland

wtf partisan patterns

They polled 400 people, of which 18% are FPÖ folks and 11% Green folks.

That would produce a 20% margin of error ...

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How many say Limburg or Flevoland? Did they poll that?

You've made your point...

I apparently haven't, since people keep saying Holland.

And I'll keep saying it. It's widely used and even the Dutch themselves say it. It may not be "correct"....but is it that important to you?

It's a pet peeve that people say the name of a province (or two provinces) rather than the name of the whole country. And, yes, it pisses me off.

I live in a tourist area where many tourists are either from Germany or Holland. And I´ve talked with many of them and about 90% of them answer "Holland" when I ask them where they are from (As if it where necessary to ask them, because most times you already know that they are from Holland because of their Holland dialect).

Well, talking to a German, that would probably be the more natural word to use, right?  The Germans use the term Holländer for them, no?  I remember hearing that was because "Dutch" sounds too much like "Deutsch"

Yeah, nobody says "Dutch" when a "Holländer" is meant. It´s either a Holländer or a Niederländer. While almost everyone speaking will say Holländer, Niederländer is the preferred written way (even though the Bild used Holland instead of Netherlands in their rankings of the WC). Don´t even know what the offical writing style is in the Beamtentum. For example if a German border cop finds drugs in a Dutch car and writes a report, which term is he allowed to use ? "Der holländische Tatverdächtige" or "Der niederländische Tatverdächtige" and so on ...