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Question: why is it that the americans insist on calling football “soccer”?
football is clearly and english game which was clearly invented first. The players use their feet for 99% of the game, and yet american football the ball hardly ever touches the players feet. and yet the english football is constantly referred to as “soccer. am i the only one who finds this annoying?
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Answer by d( ‘ ‘ )b
You probably are.
Question: Why do we call it “soccer” in the US when it’s called football in Europe?
“Football” in the U.S barely even has contact between player’s feet and the ball. So why didn’t we take the same name for a game already named earlier in other countries?
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Answer by diddley2003
we already have football here inamerica in europe they call it american football
Question: Is Obama commiting the ultimate unAmericanism by referring to soccer as “Football”?
Obama recently referred to soccer as “football” at the G20 summit. No other president has ever called soccer “football” (ugh, football isn’t soccer!) yet Obama not only thinks soccer is football but actually likes soccer! Do you think Obama is turning his back on America by not hating soccer and by calling it football?
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Answer by JENN♥’* [K#3]
who the fuck cares
he’s the prez
majority voted for him…now suck it up
Question: Where does the word “soccer” come from, and why are the Americans using it to replace “football”?
Isn’t it silly to change a word that is used in over 170 Countries worldwide and over 3.1 Billion Football-fans?
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Answer by Michael
No, no it’s not. The majority isn’t always right, and the appeal to popularity is a logical fallacy.
The word “soccer comes from “aSOCiation football”, with the -er suffix.
Besides, it’s not like it’s an active attempt to “change” the word because we think we’re too good for you. Our language simply developed differently and has different words than your’s. I don’t see anything wrong with that. Do you accuse the French of being silly because they have a different word for it than Germans do? The same goes for British and American English, they’re two different things.
Question: Do people call soccer “football” just to disrespect the US? Part of the global anti-US mania?
Soccer was never called football until recently.
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Answer by Underground Man
Yes. It must be a conspiracy. No other rational explanation. Anti-American conspiracy. For sure. Absolutely. Positively.
The Knights Templar and Masons met in the secret international headquarters of the Skull and Bones society located in the bowels of a dormant volcano on a secret island off the coast of Japan. Their mission – strike a horrible blow to the U.S.
After the human sacrifice, they raised their chalices and drank the blood of a sacrificial victim. With a sinister chuckle, their hooded leader announced that from hence forth, soccer would be called football. “Take that pitifiul Americans, mwhahahhahahahhahaha!” And they all laughed, and so it was done.
Question: Where can I find ALL the names of the entire history of the football (soccer) club “Real Madrid”?..?
Where can I find ALL the names of the entire history of the football (soccer) club “Real Madrid”?.. Maybe somebody knows?.. Of those that I know: “Sociedad Madrid Foot-Ball Club”, “Real Madrid Foot-Ball Club”, “Madrid Foot-Ball Club”… Current full name: “Real Madrid Club de Fútbol”… Please only specific answers!.. Thank you!..
Sorry for my English…
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Answer by Jan H
Why don’t you see it there is a site called “Real Madrid. com” if not, then I suggest you google it, and take some time reading the information there.
Question: Why do we use the word “soccer” in the USA when all the other countries use the word “football”?
Why are we the only ones that use the word “soccer”and the other countries use the word “football”?
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Answer by Martin
because americans like to call a sport where they touch the ball with their feet less than 1% of the time football.
Question: My friends keep on calling Americans dumb because we call it ” soccer ” and not ” football “?
Basically my friends always call Americans dumb & annoying, because we like to call it ” soccer ” and not ” football ” and I never know what to say back to him, anyone can help give me a few points or arguments to defend myself? : D
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Answer by rkbtoo
its called soccer because the US already has a game called football
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Question: What should we rename NFL Football so we could call soccer “Football” like the rest of the world does?
It seams that far too many people struggle with the whole Football/Soccer thing. So here is a question just for fun – if we had it to do all over again, what should the American version of Football be called so Soccer can be call Football world wide?
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Answer by TRUTH
Quote from Mike Ditka:
“If God had wanted man to play soccer, He wouldn’t have given us arms”