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NFL's British accent: England has a very real passion for "American football," but that doesn't mean the UK wants their own team

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There are a lot of Cowboys fans walking out of the Wembley Park Underground station, but when they try screaming the catchphrase -- "HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS?" -- it's a staccato, nasal-sounding thing; "Ah bat 'em Cow Boys, ‘en?!," as opposed to the usual twangy battering ram.

The accents are not unsettling; the amount of Robert Griffin III Washington jerseys locking arm in arm with ragged Aikman, Smith and Irvin Reebok jerseys is. There are a lot of Redskins fans here. Not Washington...

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