# Did I miss something. (sorta-kinda-not really  math related)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 28, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-something-sorta-kinda-not-really-math-related/504544 "2009-07-28T13:05:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-something-sorta-kinda-not-really-math-related/504544/41 "2009-07-31T22:29:00Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> I’ve lived all my life in the USA, and I use both pronunciations:
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> “DE-fense” is what you yell when you want your football or basketball team to stop the opponent from scoring.
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> “De-FENSE” is what the armed forces are tasked with providing to the nation.

Right. I should have made clear that i was talking only about the sporting term.

In Australia and the UK, the defence in sport (rugby, soccer, etc.) is called de-FENCE, just like the military one.

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-something-sorta-kinda-not-really-math-related/504544/42 "2009-07-31T22:52:58Z")

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> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#):
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> I was watching a spoof documentary on youtube set in england about the british school system ( or something.) Can’t remember. Not important.

Dollars to donuts it was [Look Around You](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_around_you).

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-something-sorta-kinda-not-really-math-related/504544/43 "2009-08-01T02:04:37Z")

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> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#):
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> Dollars to donuts it was [Look Around You](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_around_you).

You are Sherlock Holmes of the web!

That’s it!

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