Football or soccer?
Thomish Kingdom
18-01-2006, 03:31
over 75% of the world says football. So what do you say?
The Second Football for Europe is supose to say SOCCER!
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 03:32
I say Soccer!
Whereyouthinkyougoing
18-01-2006, 03:37
Well, I say Fußball.
But in English it's always soccer. Can't get myself to say football, damn those silly word-appropriating Americans!
Iztatepopotla
18-01-2006, 03:38
I don't undertand the poll choices. Anyway, I say football.
Terrorist Cakes
18-01-2006, 03:42
There's no other word for american football, so it would be really confusing if I didn't say soccer.
Thomish Kingdom
18-01-2006, 03:42
I don't undertand the poll choices. Anyway, I say football.
Sorry...The second Football for Europe is supose to say soccer
I call it soccer when speaking to fellow Americans, football when speaking to the rest of the world. No need to confuse either of the two.
Stone Bridges
18-01-2006, 03:57
You know I wouldn't mind changing American Football to Gridball. I mean they are playing on a grid.
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 03:58
I live in the US so I say soccer so as not to confuse anyone and be a pretentious prat. But when a European says football, I know what they mean.
Does South America call it soccer? I would have thought they call it...well whatever word in Spanish or Portugese now that I think about it...
I live in the US so I say soccer so as not to confuse anyone and be a pretentious prat. But when a European says football, I know what they mean.
Does South America call it soccer? I would have thought they call it...well whatever word in Spanish or Portugese now that I think about it...
I believe it's called fútbol in South America. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 04:07
I like American football better definatley watching wise...
but to answer your confusing thread, I call it soccer becuase I played in a soccer club on soccer fields in a soccer leauge, while I played wide reciever on my highschool football team in football equipment on football fields. I live in texas so...we have football as one thing and soccer as another, no grey over here.
Cannot think of a name
18-01-2006, 04:29
I believe it's called fútbol in South America. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Yeah, that's kinda what I thought. Which makes me wonder why the poll included North and South America in the same option.
Peisandros
18-01-2006, 06:50
Once again we are left out of a poll. I'm from NZ and I say soccer.
Neo Kervoskia
18-01-2006, 06:51
Why does this matter?
M3rcenaries
18-01-2006, 06:52
Once again we are left out of a poll. I'm from NZ and I say soccer.
applauds
Yes man it does matter! soccer supporters *calling it soccer not actually liking it* unite!
SimNewtonia II
18-01-2006, 07:43
Actually, here in Australia, most people call it soccer. Otherwise it'd get even more confusing than it already is - football (or more commonly "Footy") is often used to refer to all of AFL, Rugby League, and Rugby Union. Personally I call the three AFL, "League" and "Union" respectively, but meh.
Quite frankly, the title football should logically go to soccer. I mean, it's the only one out of the four where you can't touch the ball with your hands... Soccer and AFL require the most skills out of the four. AFL moves so fast it's insane - the ball can be down one end one minute and on the opposite the next.
I don't follow soccer much, but I'll probably be following the World Cup, seeing as we FINALLY got in again (the last time was about 30 years ago...). My mate's household is a full on supporter.
I'm personally a follower of the AFL, particularly the Swannies, who were premiers last year! w00t! Best. Grand Final. Ever. 'Twas the very definition of "edge of your seat". Almost infuriatingly close. Game saved by a mark. That's all that was in it.