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flanoverseas
31 Jul 2002, 12:35 PM
Could someone who gives a sh!t when an American calls it 'soccer' please explain why they care?
Originally posted by flanoverseas
Could someone who gives a sh!t when an American calls it 'soccer' please explain why they care?
Especially when it is British in origin.
Martin Henry
31 Jul 2002, 01:25 PM
Well I care, simply because it's (yet another;)) way for us to get at the Americans....
They're the only country that calls it "Soccer" although it is an alternative title in most countries, I know they call it "Soccer" because they've got another game that they call Football......
You know the one, the one where a big fat guy runs with the ball in his HAND???
Or as I call it "Arm ball".....;)......
eric515
31 Jul 2002, 02:12 PM
Originally posted by Martin Henry
Well I care, simply because it's (yet another;)) way for us to get at the Americans....
They're the only country that calls it "Soccer" although it is an alternative title in most countries, I know they call it "Soccer" because they've got another game that they call Football......
You know the one, the one where a big fat guy runs with the ball in his HAND???
Or as I call it "Arm ball".....;)......
Ok, arm ball is funny, but we are not the only country that calls it soccer. Canada, Australia, Ireland, and Japan also call it soccer. 3 of those countries, much like America, do so to distinguish it from their native versions of football. I don't know why Japan does (who knows why Japan does anything, Iron Chef anyone??)
Secondly, the big fat guy doesn't run with the ball, the fast guy runs with the ball, the fat guy blocks, get it right!!
Dan Loney
31 Jul 2002, 02:14 PM
Only morons call it "football."
usscouse
01 Aug 2002, 12:42 AM
Originally posted by Dan Loney
Only morons call it "football."
I get it..! Us good ol' 'mericans are smart. the rest of the world are morons.. Well said Bubba Dan.
BrianCappellieri
01 Aug 2002, 12:45 AM
Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cares?
skipshady
01 Aug 2002, 12:49 AM
Originally posted by eric515
Canada, Australia, Ireland, and Japan also call it soccer. 3 of those countries, much like America, do so to distinguish it from their native versions of football. I don't know why Japan does (who knows why Japan does anything, Iron Chef anyone??)
Secondly, the big fat guy doesn't run with the ball, the fast guy runs with the ball, the fat guy blocks, get it right!! You're almost correct. In Japan, our sport is called "sakkah". And Iron Chef is the greatest thing to happen to TV since the remote control.
Korean Football
01 Aug 2002, 01:13 AM
football because you don't use your hands.
CrewDust
01 Aug 2002, 11:25 AM
Originally posted by Korean Football
football because you don't use your hands.
Yes you can, just don't let the ref see you.
Anthony
01 Aug 2002, 11:36 AM
Originally posted by flanoverseas
Could someone who gives a sh!t when an American calls it 'soccer' please explain why they care?
I don't know about you, but I really really hate it when English people call an elevator a "lift." Can't they speak American?
notebook
01 Aug 2002, 11:45 AM
Originally posted by Martin Henry
They're the only country that calls it "Soccer" although it is an alternative title in most countries, I know they call it "Soccer" because they've got another game that they call Football......
A majority of English speaking countries call the sport soccer: America, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand. England is the only country that comes to mind that calls it football. All non English speaking countries, as the Japanese poster highlights, call the sport something else.
Why are the English so adamant about calling it football? Why do they still have the Royal Family? Why are they stuck in the past? Who knows.
LordR
01 Aug 2002, 12:26 PM
Football, Fussball, Futbol.
I also dont know why its called 'soccer'.
Korean Football
01 Aug 2002, 02:14 PM
Originally posted by LordR
Football, Fussball, Futbol.
I also dont know why its called 'soccer'.
the word "soccer" derived from the word association.
but still, calling football "soccer" is weird as well as calling some other sport "football."
Boro_lad
01 Aug 2002, 02:21 PM
we all know why its called soccer...but the correct name is football.
Just like someone who you dont know call u by thier nickname...
its just a view (in some ppls eyes) that americans "cant" play football so therefore should call it what we call it as that is its proper name...not some nickname
not really important though....
i thinks its more to do with the lack of foot-ball contact in american football.....we just wonder how u came up with that name??
any ideas???
tagosti
01 Aug 2002, 02:42 PM
Originally posted by notebook
A majority of English speaking countries call the sport soccer: America, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand. England is the only country that comes to mind that calls it football. All non English speaking countries, as the Japanese poster highlights, call the sport something else.
Anyone know what the transliteration of the the name is in Mandarin and Wu (China), Hindi (India) and Bengali (Bengladesh)?
If soccer (or something close like Japanese "sakkah"), those 1.3 bill added to the list above might make a quorum. ;)
FiveXChampion
01 Aug 2002, 03:05 PM
Originally posted by eric515
Ok, arm ball is funny, but we are not the only country that calls it soccer. Canada, Australia, Ireland, and Japan also call it soccer.
All world powers on the sport! ;)
Secondly, the big fat guy doesn't run with the ball, the fast guy runs with the ball, the fat guy blocks, get it right!!
...blocks, grabs, rubs, hugs, kisses, etc... A very "masculine" sport indeed. :p
Elninho
01 Aug 2002, 04:05 PM
Mandarin: zhu chiou
vflkirwan
01 Aug 2002, 04:57 PM
I think its funny watching 100% born Americans talk of football, the pitch and other funny british 'footie' words so they can sound more "intellectual
skinut
01 Aug 2002, 05:03 PM
Originally posted by Boro_lad
i thinks its more to do with the lack of foot-ball contact in american football.....we just wonder how u came up with that name??
any ideas???
Back in the mists of gridiron time, in those days before the forward pass, most of the scoring was done by kicking the ball in various ways over the endline into the end zone. It actually resembled rugby much more than modern day American football.
Because the scoring was done with the foot -- football.
Class dismissed for today.