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I hate soccer word, americans must always be different and call 'football' a game you play with hands.

DiggyJohnson 4y ago
This is essentially flamebait. Different cultures use different words for lots of things. How is this discussion not tiresome and played out?
atonse 4y ago
This comment is like low quality empty calories. This is a fake debate largely from misunderstanding and misinformation (which a sibling comment has already provided historical context). Can we just move on and talk about the game/match?
evan_ 4y ago
Concussionball isn’t as catchy
Ekaros 4y ago
And they don't even use spherical ball.
jogjayr 4y ago
It's not the fault of North American soccer fans that the international word for their game was already taken by another sport. What else are they supposed to do? American football (gridiron) has the same roots as association football and rugby. They didn't randomly or illogically decide to call it "football"[1] when American universities first started playing it in the 19th century. Over time they changed rules to put more emphasis on throwing and catching, and less on kicking. And Italy doesn't call it "football" either - they call it "calcio". What's your position on that? 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_football#Football_in_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_football#F...
implements 4y ago
“Soccer” comes from the original name of the game: “Association Football” - a game whose rules were set by the “Football Association” back in 1863. From WP: Soccer was a term used by the upper class whereas the working and middle classes preferred the word "football"; as the upper class lost influence in British society from the 1960s on, "football" supplanted "soccer" as the most commonly used and accepted word.
albertopv 4y ago
Of course I'm downvoted, best not to criticise american way of life on HN.
- PsylentKnight 4y ago
  Yawn

This is essentially flamebait. Different cultures use different words for lots of things. How is this discussion not tiresome and played out?

atonse 4y ago

This comment is like low quality empty calories. This is a fake debate largely from misunderstanding and misinformation (which a sibling comment has already provided historical context). Can we just move on and talk about the game/match?

evan_ 4y ago

Concussionball isn’t as catchy

Ekaros 4y ago

And they don't even use spherical ball.

jogjayr 4y ago

It's not the fault of North American soccer fans that the international word for their game was already taken by another sport. What else are they supposed to do? American football (gridiron) has the same roots as association football and rugby. They didn't randomly or illogically decide to call it "football"[1] when American universities first started playing it in the 19th century. Over time they changed rules to put more emphasis on throwing and catching, and less on kicking. And Italy doesn't call it "football" either - they call it "calcio". What's your position on that? 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_football#Football_in_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_football#F...

implements 4y ago

“Soccer” comes from the original name of the game: “Association Football” - a game whose rules were set by the “Football Association” back in 1863. From WP: Soccer was a term used by the upper class whereas the working and middle classes preferred the word "football"; as the upper class lost influence in British society from the 1960s on, "football" supplanted "soccer" as the most commonly used and accepted word.

albertopv 4y ago

Of course I'm downvoted, best not to criticise american way of life on HN.

PsylentKnight 4y ago
Yawn