> Italy uses "calcio", which means "kick". Yet, for some strange reason Italians never ever get criticized for not calling the sport "football" As Italian, I c

> Italy uses "calcio", which means "kick". Yet, for some strange reason Italians never ever get criticized for not calling the sport "football" As Italian, I can explain you why we use calcio and not football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcio_Fiorentino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcio_Fiorentino