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Because changing a name that's been in use for decades is very confusing and unnecessary. A rose by another name etc. The full names of the two rugby codes are
by triceratops 7mo ago
Because changing a name that's been in use for decades is very confusing and unnecessary. A rose by another name etc.
The full names of the two rugby codes are "rugby union football" and "rugby league football". So Americans aren't alone in their cavalier use of the word "football".
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
- embedding-shape 7mo ago> Because changing a name that's been in use for decades is very confusing and unnecessary Yeah, that never happens, not even with important national institutions or anything like that.
- triceratops 7mo agoWhy do Germans and Dutch call gasoline "benzin"? It's clearly not benzene.