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[–]Optimus85 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

I was reading "emergency football" and scratching my head...

[–]zyxzevn[S] 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

I think it is a bad translation from Hindu (India)

[–]Optimus85 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Well, "footfall" is an actual noun although not one I'm familiar with. Still makes more sense than "football" though.

[–]zyxzevn[S] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

According to tweaking it means "pedestrian traffic"
We still need the full article and data, because headlines are never accurate either.

[–]Tiwaking 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It means "Pedestrian Traffic". Indians use a lot of archaic English words from colonial times.

[–]IkeConn 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

I liked it better when they called it Bombay.

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Everyone I've met from there still calls it that.

It was a political name change. Modern created name from a goddess they worship there.

[–]Tiwaking 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Most people in India still call it Bombay. The name Mumbai comes from the Marathi language.