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Pretty much.smithy_2045 said:Neither.
This is a football.
And a soccer ball is called a soccer ball.
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Canadian here so I'm falling into the North American camp. Soccer and Football are separate things in my head.
Last time I checked, the act of conferring kinetic energy to a ball via one's hand is referred to as "throwing". What an astute observation. I believe both an American football as well as a soccer ball are thrown with your hands, as that is the very definition of "throw". How exactly do you throw a soccer ball without your hands? Might you enlighten me on this, since you clearly know more about sports than I?6unn3r said:
To me it's an American Football (or Rugby I guess) and a Football. Since you use your feet all the time for one of them and carry the other most of the time...
It's a complicated history with those words though, only two countries as far as I know call it Soccer. Australia and the US. A pretty interesting read into the origin of the word Soccer, if you care to google it.
It's a complicated history with those words though, only two countries as far as I know call it Soccer. Australia and the US. A pretty interesting read into the origin of the word Soccer, if you care to google it.
Dammit!
Just when I was getting comfortable with my balls, you guys got me all confused again.
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Just when I was getting comfortable with my balls, you guys got me all confused again.
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Sport with a ball and bases = Baseball.
Sport with a ball and baskets = Basketball.
Sport with a ball and kicking feet = Football.
Sport with a ball and touchdowns = Unwatchable. Rugby is better.
(IMO ^_^)
Sport with a ball and baskets = Basketball.
Sport with a ball and kicking feet = Football.
Sport with a ball and touchdowns = Unwatchable. Rugby is better.
(IMO ^_^)
This topic title isn't right. It should either be "What country are you from?" or the more direct "Aren't those Americans retarded?"
Boils down to the same discussion.
Also, I don't care if makes no sense, football is played with a damn egg.
Boils down to the same discussion.
Also, I don't care if makes no sense, football is played with a damn egg.
Firt of all, I'm Brazilian, so to me our "futebol" will always be the true football, even if I don't like the sport all that much.
But in pure logical terms, in that sport Americans call football, your foot rarely ever touches the ball, whereas in our football, moving the ball using only your feet (well, okay, any part of your body but the hands, but primarily the feet) is what the game is all about, so there.
But in pure logical terms, in that sport Americans call football, your foot rarely ever touches the ball, whereas in our football, moving the ball using only your feet (well, okay, any part of your body but the hands, but primarily the feet) is what the game is all about, so there.
I live in the states, therefore to avoid confusion I call a soccer ball as soccer ball, and a American football a Football..... However when I talk to the British half of my family I call soccer football and American Football well..... American Football.... same with anyone else from Europe ( like the Spanish foreign exchange student we had a few years back. ( unless they live in the states, in which case I just expect them to accept the Americanized view on this subject.