| Re: Fanboy Thread #5 - Football or Soccer [message #410177 is a reply to message #410094] |
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| reborn wrote on Tue, 10 November 2009 08:37 |
| nikki6ixx wrote on Sun, 18 October 2009 13:11 |
I use Soccer because that's what it's called out here.
Thing I don't understand is why people, especially those in England get upset when the term 'soccer' is used, as if they're the foremost authority on what the sport should be called, and that anyone on the other side of the Atlantic is some sort of stupid prat.
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We invented it. It's called football. American football is called 'American football, not 'football'. Why Americans thought they could just call it football even though that's actually a totally different game, I have no idea.
It's a bit like calling a game with only Two countries involved the 'World Series', and it's victors 'World Champions'. No one would be arrogant enough to do that... Oh, wait... 
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Like I said, it's a language barrier.
We named American Football 'Football' because the "ball" is oddly shaped and measures about 1ft long in length. The name of the sport describes the ball itself rather than how it's handled.
To the other guy who mentioned 'handball.' That's a totally different sport played with a little rubber bouncy ball, a wall, and the palms of your hand.
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