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Olympic Games mascot? Tue Feb 28, 2006 0:51 am  Olympic Games mascot?
 

Hi!

I am currently working on a teaching project, and I know that this is maybe a very basic question, but for someone who is not a native speaker (as me!), poses some doubts.

I am trying to find the name that in English is given to the pets that work as symbols in any Olympics Games (Cobi in Barcelona's 1992 Olympic Games. for example)

Thanks so much!!
vane
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Pet? Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:55 am  Pet?
 

vane wrote:
I am trying to find the name that in English is given to the pets that work as symbols in any Olympics Games (Cobi in Barcelona's 1992 Olympic Games. for example)

If I understand your question correctly, I think the word you want is mascot.
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Pet? Tue Feb 28, 2006 15:10 pm  Pet?
 

First thank you very much.

And second, sorry if my English is so unintelligible. I did my best to make myself understood. It's a pity that English-speakers cannot communicate in any other language.

At least, non-native speakers do try to speak English.
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Pet? Tue Feb 28, 2006 15:16 pm  Pet?
 

Anonymous wrote:
And second, sorry if my English is so unintelligible. I did my best to make myself understood. It's a pity that English-speakers cannot communicate in any other language.

At least, non-native speakers do try to speak English.

Don't stereotype. I can communicate with you in three other languages, and I would understand you in at least another three or four.
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Pet? Wed Mar 01, 2006 14:09 pm  Pet?
 

Anonymous wrote:
It's a pity that English-speakers cannot communicate in any other language.
At least, non-native speakers do try to speak English.

Hi vane?, why are you so upset? Jamie (K) answered your question as best as he could and he started a discussion about non-native speakers (of English I suppose?) try to speak English. Why would you say that English speakers cannot communicate in any other language? How do you know? I mean, if this was the case the UK and US would not exist and also, English would not have reached this level of popularity. Have you ever thought about that?
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