Re: Most amazing achievement 99.9% of Americans won\'t care about
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It should be pointed out that
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The players leave the field again at about 4 for tea.
They then resume play till about 6 oclcik.
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Would translate in the US as "The players leave the field again at about 4 for dinner. They then resume play 'till about 6 o'clock." I think this is one thing that confuses Americans. The tea break is a break to eat as they've been playing all day. Since noone (that I know of at least) in the US refers to the last meal of the day as tea it feels like the players are taking a break for a "spot of tea."
I'm guessing most here know that but you will see comedians say stuff like "I can't get behind a sport where the players take a break in the middle to drink tea."
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Ummm, actually, I totally pictured them taking a break midday and literally having a cup of tea. Anyone else? I'm being dead serious.
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