27-04-2005, 17:19 | #21 |
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It's not soccer, it is FOOTBALL, you American rugby fanatics!!!111!oneone
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Paalikles,
Norwegian: fotball Dutch: voetbal German: fussball French: football English: football American: soccer
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27-04-2005, 17:46 | #23 |
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@Paalikles ~ I got it right 1/2 of the post. I called it football once and soccer once.
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27-04-2005, 18:45 | #24 |
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Matrix, all those European words have the same meaning afaik - foot and ball in combination
The american word for football is just stupid. Sorry Mistfit, dont mean to shout and all that in your forum, but I really dislike american "cultural imperialism"
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27-04-2005, 19:05 | #25 |
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How is it any less "cultural imperialism" when you try to force your name for a given sport on me?
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27-04-2005, 19:10 | #26 |
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metric system, imperial system..tomato, tamotto..pool, pond...its all the same.
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actually, the word "soccer" may actually come from the word football
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so, Americans are just using a term for the sport derived originally by the English. What's wrong with that? and another source, from "the word detectives" Quote:
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27-04-2005, 19:51 | #29 |
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yes, but soccer = Associated Football, so what's the problem with that word being used to describe football?
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27-04-2005, 19:57 | #30 |
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Wrong is that football is played with hands, I mean American variety of course.
Cross-posted with Pall and Grah editing and posting again.
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