Why do Brits get so mad at Americans for calling the sport "Soccer" | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 22002088 United Kingdom 08/15/2012 07:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You kick a ball with your foot, thus it is called foot-ball, it's quite simple really. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22002088 just like all the other codes of football where you kick a ball with your foot! soccer should be called "mostly-no-hands-ball" if you REALLY want to be accurate No, that would be paraball. |
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PedroDeSapper User ID: 21039927 United Kingdom 08/15/2012 07:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You kick a ball with your foot, thus it is called foot-ball, it's quite simple really. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22002088 just like all the other codes of football where you kick a ball with your foot! soccer should be called "mostly-no-hands-ball" if you REALLY want to be accurate So,Aussie rules now becomes ???????? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 21936353 Australia 08/15/2012 07:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You kick a ball with your foot, thus it is called foot-ball, it's quite simple really. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22002088 just like all the other codes of football where you kick a ball with your foot! soccer should be called "mostly-no-hands-ball" if you REALLY want to be accurate So,Aussie rules now becomes ???????? it could be called... Aussie Rules Football. SEE? EASY!!! |
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PedroDeSapper User ID: 21039927 United Kingdom 08/15/2012 07:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You kick a ball with your foot, thus it is called foot-ball, it's quite simple really. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22002088 just like all the other codes of football where you kick a ball with your foot! soccer should be called "mostly-no-hands-ball" if you REALLY want to be accurate So,Aussie rules now becomes ???????? it could be called... Aussie Rules Football. SEE? EASY!!! I'm liking your style cobber. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 21936353 Australia 08/15/2012 07:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the argument that Soccer should only be called football fails because: * there are many sports called football, how do people know which one you mean? * in a typical game of soccer, the ball is regularly touched by many things that aren't feet, such as heads for example, and yes EVEN HANDS!!!! Think about the goalie and the throw-ins!! |
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chris999 User ID: 4483569 United States 08/15/2012 07:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We have our own game of football which is much more entertaining that 'soccer'. Who gives a shit. This is America, we have a history of being rebels. Fuck 'soccer'. lol. I dont mean everything I say to be literal. I just like to throw around ideas, and play devil's advocate. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -Galileo Galilei |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4443279 Finland 08/15/2012 07:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the argument that Soccer should only be called football fails because: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21936353 * there are many sports called football, how do people know which one you mean? * in a typical game of soccer, the ball is regularly touched by many things that aren't feet, such as heads for example, and yes EVEN HANDS!!!! Think about the goalie and the throw-ins!! If football was named like American "football", it would have to be named handball or headball. In what universe does that make sense? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 21936353 Australia 08/15/2012 07:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the argument that Soccer should only be called football fails because: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21936353 * there are many sports called football, how do people know which one you mean? * in a typical game of soccer, the ball is regularly touched by many things that aren't feet, such as heads for example, and yes EVEN HANDS!!!! Think about the goalie and the throw-ins!! If football was named like American "football", it would have to be named handball or headball. In what universe does that make sense? which kind of football are you talking about/??? SEE? IT DOESN'T WORK! IF YOU MEAN SOCCER, SAY SOCCER!!! If people say "oh people should only call soccer football because they only kick the ball with their feet", THAT IS BS!! They hit it with their heads, they hit it with their guts, they hit it with their knees, they pick it up with their hands and throw it in, the goalies use their hands every chance they get!!! Why should soccer only be called 'football'??? BS!!! You will NEVER see a game of soccer where they only use their feet!!! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 22002088 United Kingdom 08/15/2012 08:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the argument that Soccer should only be called football fails because: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21936353 * there are many sports called football, how do people know which one you mean? * in a typical game of soccer, the ball is regularly touched by many things that aren't feet, such as heads for example, and yes EVEN HANDS!!!! Think about the goalie and the throw-ins!! If football was named like American "football", it would have to be named handball or headball. In what universe does that make sense? which kind of football are you talking about/??? SEE? IT DOESN'T WORK! IF YOU MEAN SOCCER, SAY SOCCER!!! If people say "oh people should only call soccer football because they only kick the ball with their feet", THAT IS BS!! They hit it with their heads, they hit it with their guts, they hit it with their knees, they pick it up with their hands and throw it in, the goalies use their hands every chance they get!!! Why should soccer only be called 'football'??? BS!!! You will NEVER see a game of soccer where they only use their feet!!! Pedantic much. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 21661136 United Kingdom 08/15/2012 08:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | mostly run with the ball in your hands with full protection even a fucking helmet ball "American football" is nothing but a slight twist on rugby but with pussy protection you whimps as already pointed out baseball is nothing but rounders which we leave to pre teen girls . also while we are there basketball we also leave to the preteen girls and call it netball. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 21661136 United Kingdom 08/15/2012 08:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the argument that Soccer should only be called football fails because: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21936353 * there are many sports called football, how do people know which one you mean? * in a typical game of soccer, the ball is regularly touched by many things that aren't feet, such as heads for example, and yes EVEN HANDS!!!! Think about the goalie and the throw-ins!! If football was named like American "football", it would have to be named handball or headball. In what universe does that make sense? which kind of football are you talking about/??? SEE? IT DOESN'T WORK! IF YOU MEAN SOCCER, SAY SOCCER!!! If people say "oh people should only call soccer football because they only kick the ball with their feet", THAT IS BS!! They hit it with their heads, they hit it with their guts, they hit it with their knees, they pick it up with their hands and throw it in, the goalies use their hands every chance they get!!! Why should soccer only be called 'football'??? BS!!! You will NEVER see a game of soccer where they only use their feet!!! Pedantic much. true , but it is poss to watch a game of "American football" where neither team ever uses there feet or at most a couple of times in the game . run pansy run ball make much more sence. maybe "soccer" should become "worldwide football" and "American football should be renamed rugby and you have your padding and special helmuts taken away |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 7321230 United States 08/15/2012 08:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | mostly run with the ball in your hands with full protection even a fucking helmet ball Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21661136 "American football" is nothing but a slight twist on rugby but with pussy protection you whimps as already pointed out baseball is nothing but rounders which we leave to pre teen girls . also while we are there basketball we also leave to the preteen girls and call it netball. As a girl who has played rugby, soccer, and american football, I can tell you the need for pads is not because we are wimps but because of the nature of the game. I have sustained 10 times the injuries in football than any of the other two sports. The game couldn't be played properly without the protective gear, no team would make it through a season, lol. But, rugby is the most fun to participate in for sure! |
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