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arsenalfreaky
29 Sep 2006, 12:33 PM
Silly question, but I'm curious if the English sort of have a nickname for the beautiful game like Footy or Footie? Or are these terms only in Australia? Thanks.
Prenn
29 Sep 2006, 05:57 PM
Silly question, but I'm curious if the English sort of have a nickname for the beautiful game like Footy or Footie? Or are these terms only in Australia? Thanks.
Footy.
leg_breaker
29 Sep 2006, 06:49 PM
Football. I hate it when people say 'footy'.
Clan
30 Sep 2006, 07:19 AM
Footy.
Aren't we posh :p
Prenn
30 Sep 2006, 07:54 AM
Aren't we posh :p
:confused: :confused:
???
waynelyp90
30 Sep 2006, 11:31 AM
i think i prefer the word footie. I hate footy though...
Matt Clark
30 Sep 2006, 01:35 PM
Soccer.
Blizzaro
18 Oct 2006, 12:30 PM
No one say soccer in Britian, everyone say football cos that it orginal name and is the right word. The term "Soccer" is used by only three country in the world - USA, Canada and Australia
Big_Bad_Mcnabb
18 Oct 2006, 12:50 PM
No one say soccer in Britian, everyone say football cos that it orginal name and is the right word. The term "Soccer" is used by only three country in the world - USA, Canada and Australia
Yet it was the french who invented the word.
alwaysbeanengland
27 Oct 2006, 08:20 AM
Its football mate, unless you went to public school in that case you might pop out for a nice game of footy, prior to burgling a few turds
Karloski
27 Oct 2006, 10:33 AM
Why is this Forum site called 'Big soccer' and not 'Big Football'.
I almost missed it thinking it was a forum site for People with extremely large feet.
Milos
29 Oct 2006, 05:26 PM
Brit Ball.
arthur d
29 Oct 2006, 06:31 PM
Where I learnt my English it's fitba.
Most of my English friends say footie though.
Crown Paints
29 Oct 2006, 07:33 PM
Yet it was the french who invented the word.
??? Soccer is derived from asSOCiation football
pisstaker
29 Oct 2006, 10:19 PM
No way would you ever pronounce the "t", unless you were a posh gi", so it must be "foo - ie"?
MasterShake29
29 Oct 2006, 11:11 PM
No one say soccer in Britian, everyone say football cos that it orginal name and is the right word. The term "Soccer" is used by only three country in the world - USA, Canada and Australia
Please explain to me, Blizzaro, why I heard the word soccer on the official Arsenal podcast this weekend then?
PsychedelicCeltic
30 Oct 2006, 01:52 AM
No one say soccer in Britian, everyone say football cos that it orginal name and is the right word. The term "Soccer" is used by only three country in the world - USA, Canada and Australia
Wrong.
Dr_Intoxicated
30 Oct 2006, 08:00 AM
Please explain to me, Blizzaro, why I heard the word soccer on the official Arsenal podcast this weekend then?
Arsenal is not an English club ;) Must have been something in that "Invented by the French" after all :)