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Spanish apparently has twenty synonyms for everything "strong" represents. Some would apply better to defensive capabilities (duro, firme, profundo) than offensive (intenso, vigoroso, fervoroso). "Strongest" is a nice short way of saying they're strong everywhere and English is the closest thing this planet has to a universal language. That's my guess, anyway. Probably a deeper answer out there.
InedibleHulk(talk)11:34, 4 January 2016 (UTC)reply
The University of South Carolina's men's teams are called the "Gamecocks", and the women's teams used to be called the "Lady Gamecocks" (as opposed to "Gamehens", I suppose). That was bad enough, but now they're just plain "Gamecocks". As regards "lady boys", I think for a long time that was the American stereotype of soccer players in general. ←
Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrots→
23:03, 4 January 2016 (UTC)reply
Sorry, I wasn't suggesting that; however, in your case, there is a clear link to England explaining the English title, but in the case of "The Strongest" that link doesn't seem to exist.
Alansplodge (
talk)
13:21, 7 January 2016 (UTC)reply
That reminds me of the year
Keith F.C. did well in the Scottish FA Cup. On a radio phone in,
Danny Baker asked for ideas of who the best opponents would be for Keith. The best answer, was of course, that in a future European competition, when both clubs have risen from their current lowly statuses, we could see Keith versus
Barry. --
Dweller (
talk)
12:55, 6 January 2016 (UTC)reply
To return to the initial question - their website suggests that all the early La Paz teams had English names and that they had an English language student, Víctor Manuel Franco, prominent among their founders
[1].
Keresaspa (
talk)
03:32, 9 January 2016 (UTC)reply
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Spanish apparently has twenty synonyms for everything "strong" represents. Some would apply better to defensive capabilities (duro, firme, profundo) than offensive (intenso, vigoroso, fervoroso). "Strongest" is a nice short way of saying they're strong everywhere and English is the closest thing this planet has to a universal language. That's my guess, anyway. Probably a deeper answer out there.
InedibleHulk(talk)11:34, 4 January 2016 (UTC)reply
The University of South Carolina's men's teams are called the "Gamecocks", and the women's teams used to be called the "Lady Gamecocks" (as opposed to "Gamehens", I suppose). That was bad enough, but now they're just plain "Gamecocks". As regards "lady boys", I think for a long time that was the American stereotype of soccer players in general. ←
Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrots→
23:03, 4 January 2016 (UTC)reply
Sorry, I wasn't suggesting that; however, in your case, there is a clear link to England explaining the English title, but in the case of "The Strongest" that link doesn't seem to exist.
Alansplodge (
talk)
13:21, 7 January 2016 (UTC)reply
That reminds me of the year
Keith F.C. did well in the Scottish FA Cup. On a radio phone in,
Danny Baker asked for ideas of who the best opponents would be for Keith. The best answer, was of course, that in a future European competition, when both clubs have risen from their current lowly statuses, we could see Keith versus
Barry. --
Dweller (
talk)
12:55, 6 January 2016 (UTC)reply
To return to the initial question - their website suggests that all the early La Paz teams had English names and that they had an English language student, Víctor Manuel Franco, prominent among their founders
[1].
Keresaspa (
talk)
03:32, 9 January 2016 (UTC)reply