What I learned by living without artificial light

Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by freehunter on Thursday April 26, 2018 @08:14AM (#16931133)

reacweb may not be a native English speaker (they live in France). I'd assume "sport" translates to "exercise". Like running or biking.

Sport has plenty of (somewhat archaic) meanings. "Sporting goods" stores often carry running shoes, bicycles, and weights, all of which are "sport" even if you're doing it by yourself.

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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by Sean1708 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:09AM (#16931983)

I'm a native Brit and I would definitely call running a sport, I wasn't aware that it had a competitive connotation at all.

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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by pbhjpbhj on Thursday April 26, 2018 @11:18AM (#16932648)

It wasn't my intention to suggest things like running aren't sports, but on reflection whilst running is often a sport, it can also be just exercise.

I think training, and competition, rules, and some form of winning are elements of all sports.

It wasn't clear to me if they meant competitive physical activity, or not.

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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by vlad11 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:08AM (#16931496)

Perfectly right. "Le sport" is used for anything exercice related and also includes soccer, hockey, ...

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