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They don't have to be, but it really gets on my tits when some Americans go on about how boring football is (Soccer to them), while their own game invlolves a lot of static time, and very little action comparitively. A good game of football (Soccer to Americans) is extremely exciting to watch, especially world-class games.OptimisticPessimist said:
To me it's very simple. The one I call a football and the other I call an American football. See, no problem! I just don't use the word soccer (which doesn't exist in my language anyway).
Hold on there mister. American Football or Rugby?! You do know they are completely different games don't you. As in the only similarities are the shape of the ball and both teams want to score with it, it's like comparing Football and BasketballTailorTF said:
OT: They're all footballs, including rugby balls and galic footballs.
I've never really understood why Americans call American football football. That was a poorly worded sentence. But still; it doesn't really make sense, since the vast majority of the game involves the ball being in someone's hands, whereas football (English) involves using one's feet to move a ball around.
In case it wasn't already clear, I call the sport where people use their feet to move a ball football, and the sport where people throw a ball around American football.
In case it wasn't already clear, I call the sport where people use their feet to move a ball football, and the sport where people throw a ball around American football.
It's rather simple. The game you play with your feet and with a ball is the one that deserves the words "foot" and "ball" in it's name. Ergo, "soccer" is footbal. The other sport is something else entirely and I'm totally for "handegg".
Anyway, here in Scandinavia "soccer" is called football and "handegg" is called American football.
Anyway, here in Scandinavia "soccer" is called football and "handegg" is called American football.
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I'm Irish so it goes, in alphabetical order:
American Football
Football
Gaelic Football (Often just referred to as G.A.A.)
Rugby
I don't like the word soccer and there's rarely confusion as American Football rarely comes up in conversation. Apart from that one time we all watched the Superbowl. It was all terribly confusing.
American Football
Football
Gaelic Football (Often just referred to as G.A.A.)
Rugby
I don't like the word soccer and there's rarely confusion as American Football rarely comes up in conversation. Apart from that one time we all watched the Superbowl. It was all terribly confusing.
All the same too me I'm European and I call the football football not that other name ..........My head harts.
the first one is more like a rugby ball. the 'foot' term implies you use your feet solely to play.TheDarkEricDraven said:Is it just me, or can you always tell when a poster is new by the thread title? Welcome.
Whaaaat? But on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Australians called it Football! Sabrina never lies, so using Encyclopedia Brown logic, you're not Australian! You're Bugs Meany in costume!Itsthatguy said:
Soccer ball
At least here in Australia
OT: American here, but I call things by their real names. They are both Footballs.
In Ireland, the football is the football. I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to it as soccer, except when someone is talking about Gaelic football as well. The other thing is an American rugby ball as I like to call it.