Football_Bat
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England are furious with this question!
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Football_Bat said:England are furious with this question!
Football_Bat said:England are furious with this question!
Football_Bat said:England are furious with this question!
buckweaver said:sportsed said:Football_Bat said:England are furious with this question!
England is a location; the English are the people. There is such a thing as singular plural, which took AP and many news organizations around the country a decade to come around to accepting. Wouldn't use "it" in reference to the Fighting Irish, would you? At the very least, for the sake of parallel construction, it seems that you'd want both teams' nicknames to be handled as plural.
Check your sarcasm font; I think it's broken. ;D