A friend of mine says that 99% of americans have heard of Man Utd - I disagree.

This is for all americans, a poll to see how many of you have actually heard of Man Utd I think that most Americans have NOT heard of them. Lets see what your opinion is.

Man Utd? Is it some sort of society for gay men?

Isn't it some kind of religion?

what the hell is that supposed to be?

On reflection, it is obviously false. Consider the following propositions:

1. Some percentage of the US population is too young to know the name of any sports team.

2. Some other percentage is too old to care about anything more complex than Matlock.

3. Yet another percentage is for medical reasons oblivious.

4. The sum of those percentages is greater than one.

Should be able to Google that up right quickly, I think, should references be required.

I doubt 99% of people even know who God or the Beatles are.

please

Never heard of it.

I'm in the dark about it .O wait a minute its the soccer team I guess right or is that football to you blokes.For me there is only one team in all of sports that really matters and that is the E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm assuming you're talking about Manchester United, the soccer (sorry, football) team? In which case, I voted yes - actually picked up a Man. Utd. t-shirt for my brother in an Oxford bookstore when I was studying at Cambridge and wearing a Cambridge sweatshirt...probably quite a dangerous move. And yes, I am an American.

Cheers,
~Topazzz

As a Canadian with proud ties to the Motherland, of course I know all about it!

after reading the replies, i concluded you're talking about a sports team. i didn't know because i'm not a fan of sports... i don't even know the names of most u.s. teams and i'm from the u.s.

Yes I have heard of them....bunch of grown men in short pants running around kicking a ball right?

Manutd? Aren't they like NAMBLA?

More organized than NATO...
Less agressive than NAFTA...
More benefical to the environment than OPEC..
Better educated than the NEA..