Poll: Why "soccer?"
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Hand egg ofcoarse it just sounds so much better then soccer, i mean wwhen i hear soccor i think of strange people playing a strange sport in a strange place and now im strange. 
Also woo so many quotes.
Hasent this gone a bit offtrack?Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon said:
Also woo so many quotes.
One is a Simpson's quote, the other is...I don't know. Just pointing that out...Angry Caterpillar said:
Also, over 80% think the name ought to be changed, that's quite astounding.
No, it shouldn't be changed. When you say football in America, everyone knows what your talking about. When you say soccer in America, everyone knows what your talking about. There is no reason nor need to change it.
True, but that doesn't mean it's right. The name doesn't make sense after all, so why not change it?Shepard said:
i always like to point out it isn't football it's AmEriCaN Football (you can see i pronounce that in a mocking sense)
trying to have that name while you almost never use your feet. Pfft.
can't they call it : American rugby. since that is far more closer to each other. (only difference is more armor, so they can look like G.I Joe)
this wasn't a very nice post....oh well *whistling* damn i can't whistle!
trying to have that name while you almost never use your feet. Pfft.
can't they call it : American rugby. since that is far more closer to each other. (only difference is more armor, so they can look like G.I Joe)
this wasn't a very nice post....oh well *whistling* damn i can't whistle!
It's right to Americans; and its been called football since it came into being. From the Wikipedia article: "The history of American football, a spectator sport in the United States, can be traced to early versions of rugby football. Both games have their origin in varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal and/or run over a line." If your interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_footballthethingthatlurks said:
Because Football is actually called "Soccer" like that is the name of the sport, you don't call cricket "Bat-ball".
Don't get me wrong i call soccer football myself, thats because im from N.I.
Don't get me wrong i call soccer football myself, thats because im from N.I.
If when ever you hear the word "ball" in any usage you instantly think of testicles instead of, you know, a spherical object you must have a strange mind. When you were small or the like and someone told you about dogdeball did you instantly think of dodging massive testicles?HG131 said:
The word ball does not instantly associate with testicles. Your entire point is based on something ridiculous.
i dont think there is any arguement to say football is more appropriate to a game where you can touch a ball (not a testicle) with mostly hands and feet as opposed to a game all about kicking the ball (not a testicle) with your foot. English football is far more to do with feet and balls (not testicles) than American "football". It would be like calling english football headball because occasionally someone hits the ball with their head.
I've always referred to American Football as "handegg", soccer is football, that shite in the states is handegg.
american football is just rugby! the fact that they changed the rules slightly and hence, the name, just proves how awkward america is
I like the Spanish solution to the problem where proper football is "futbol" and the American stuff is "futbol americano." It's simple and it still allows everyone over here who would never start calling it Handegg to keep on being misguided (since many people here are just that obstinate about American football and it's generational at that) while the rest of us can stop saying the odd name that is Soccer.
Wait, it isn't? Although I have not seen anybody claiming that handegg is for insecure morons, so maybe you're the one who is projecting...Najos said:
