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you mean football, as it's said all around the world outside of US, right?
by albertopv 5y ago
you mean football, as it's said all around the world outside of US, right?
- sparky_z 5y agoBecause the term "football" can have different meanings depending on where you are, but the term "soccer" is unambiguous and known to everybody*, it would make sense to exclusively use the term "soccer" when writing for an international audience, no?
- DeathArrow 5y agoSome people didn't manage to properly play Rugby so they named it "football".
- ARandomerDude 5y ago> to properly play It's ironic that in a dispute over correct writing, you've split your infinitive. "Properly to play" or "to play properly" are correct English grammar. 'Merica.
- andrewzah 5y agoThat is an archaic, prescriptivist opinion, not an actual grammar rule in English. There are many style guides but those are opinions, not rules.
- parrellel 5y agoJust because a couple hundred years ago, the British had a Latin fetish and tried to shoehorn in new rules doesn't mean anyone should ever follow them.
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- DeathArrow 5y agoI'm sorry. I'm not a native English speaker and probably I watch too many american movies. Or should I say films?
- parrellel 5y agoDon't worry, some stuffed shirts made up the rule wholesale in the 1830s and a particular kind of pedant has been pushing it ever since. It's never been true.
- rsj_hn 5y agoYeah, this is an odd quirk of some British grammars that wanted to imitate Latin. It's not an actual rule, and those grammars have been retired long ago.
- sli 5y agoAdditionally, the term "soccer" was/is Oxford "-er" slang for Association football. The US might use it, but England coined it.
- mbrodersen 5y agoThe majority of the worlds population call what you do in the US “American Football”.
- _vertigo 5y agoIn Mexico it's called fútbol not football
- CRConrad 5y agoLook at those two words for a while.
- birdyrooster 5y agoI mean association football, which is known as soccer.
- dragontamer 5y agoYes, Foosball is great. No need to run around a field or anything, and easily scales from 1 vs 1, 2vs2, and even 4vs4 play.
- bipson 5y agoHm, Foosball on the other hand is also a widespread word for table football...
- jacinda 5y agoAustralia, much of Southeast Asia, and South Africa and its neighbors also use soccer. - https://www.businessinsider.com/football-vs-soccer-map-2013-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/football-vs-soccer-map-2013-... - https://www.businessinsider.com/why-americans-call-it-soccer-2014-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/why-americans-call-it-soccer...
- billfruit 5y agoAustralia is now officially calling it football rather than soccer, they renamed their national association accordingly a few years back. To someone who always called it football, the word "soccer" feels like a needless neologism.
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- Jugurtha 5y agoAsk a football fan which countries they think of? Brazil, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, etc... Not the U.S., Canada, and ... Southeast Asia? The same is inversely true for hockey. Countries that are new to football calling it "soccer" are like countries new to hockey calling it "ice-golf": there are other ways to be unique and draw attention.
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- cwillu 5y agoSoccer in Canada as well.
- BasDirks 5y agoAmericans and Aussies always seem to confuse football with concussionball.
- trophycase 5y agoNo it isn't. Also why is it only ok to shit on the way Americans say things but not anyone else? I guess your culture says nothing strangely eh?
- CRConrad 5y ago> Also why is it only ok to shit on the way Americans say things but not anyone else? Because A), in 99% of cases it is only the US that does shit weirdly, and above all, B) because in 99% of those cases, Americans are so fucking ultra-annoying in assuming their parochial way is The Gold Standard. HTH!
- DeathArrow 5y agoDo Americans still use miles and Fahrenheit degrees? If so, shouldn't anyone do that in order to not be confusing?
- siva7 5y agoTo be fair, outside of US almost everyone calls this sport American Football, whereas the local translation of football in most countries simply refers to "soccer" ;)
- pmontra 5y agoIn Italy it's calcio (as in kick) but there are plenty of Football Clubs in Serie A.
- pjc50 5y agoFootball: the metric system of sports, popular everywhere except the US.