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On 31/12/17 10:34, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:26:26 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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>>> Actually it was the New York World. So actually imho it was originally |
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>>> perfectly legit. |
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>> I don't agree. In that case it should have been called the New York |
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>> World Series. |
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> If they were paying for it, they could call it what they wanted. I assume |
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> the paper was generally known as "The World" otherwise it would have been |
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> a waste of marketing money. |
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Actually, I believe it WAS originally known as The New York World Series. |
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Then presumably some marketeer decided that was too much of a mouthful, |
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and dropped the "New York" rather than "World" :-( |
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Cheers, |
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