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by **American** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 2:33 am

The name football makes more sence for this sport, yet I'm so used to calling it soccer. What is your opinion?

by **dawson99** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:19 am

sorry dude, but we use the ball with our feet here, hence the name, i gotta stick with football every time

by **Live4pool** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:34 am

Which sports have the longer history ?

Perhaps to accomodate themselves, the term "Soccer" must have been coined by an American.

If I am not mistaken the form of football played by normal people the world over is called "Association Football". I think it should still be so, if you look at FIFA.

This beautiful game is played 90% involving the feet and 10% with the other parts of the anatomy except the arm and hands.

If I am not mistaken, the olive-shaped ball is normally clutched 90% with the hand, arms and less than 10% contact with the feet.
Since the aim of the game is to maim an opponent, why not call it, "Clutchball" and finally spare the rest of the world this indulgence.

by **mynameisred** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:37 am

I often read the New York Times reports of the prem league matches, its the funniest thing on the net. Boston Goals, brilliant.

by **laza** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:50 am

They call it soccer in my country as well but

LSC just doesnt work for me

by **A.B.** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 5:21 pm

I live in America and its very annoying that everyone calls it soccer, just makes me throw up everytime.

For some reason America couldn't come up with an original name so they took the name "football" and came up with the crappiest word in the English dictonary, "soccer".

by **zarababe** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:17 pm

There's only one name for "the beautiful game" Football...

by **anfieldadorer** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:18 am

who give it a sh1t as long as liverpool exists

by **robsil** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:24 am

Got to be football

by **stmichael** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:28 am

the american commentary when we were over there in the summer was nothing short of hilarious.

check this out

http://www.angelfire.com/ab6/goals/

"we areeeeeeee level"

by **106-1093504160** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:00 pm

FOOTBALL

by **JBG** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:04 pm

Football.

Why do Americans call American football "football" when 99% of that game revolves around everything else but the foot?

by **106-1093504160** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:05 pm

what in said before but in one word

by **stmichael** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:10 pm

John Barnes' Granny wrote:Football.

Why do Americans call American football "football" when 99% of that game revolves around everything else but the foot?

god knows jbg

the americans make a mockery of the language which WE INVENTED. it really p#sses me off when i'm using word and it claims i've made a spelling mistake because i haven't used the "american spelling".

who do they think they are? :angry:

by **106-1093504160** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:13 pm

stmike, english is a variation of old briton, with influences from arabic, french, german, russian, danish, and several other cultures. so in fact the english language was invented by us, merely adapted to best fit our culture

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