Terminology finally explained: soccer vs football |
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Terminology finally explained: soccer vs football |
 Mar 7 2010, 12:05
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 The Other BOFH  Group: Admin Posts: 2 684 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Finland Member No.: 4  |
Among some misguided individuals (and nations) there has been confusion if the term "football" should refer to football (incorrectly called "soccer" by some silly people) or American football (which is kind of weaker diluted version of rugby, paced well for Budweiser advertisement breaks in TV). Now this terminology confusion has been finally explained:
http://pics.nase-bohren.de/football_handegg.jpg Good work there, whoever made that image! The correct terms are football and handegg. P.S. Nasder: be ashamed. Be VERY ashamed of yourself and do correct your ways :-). |
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Mar 10 2010, 09:30
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 Advanced Member Group: NSF Member Posts: 603 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Finland Member No.: 33 |
Soccer :
The word "soccer" comes from the original name of the game "Association Football" or more precisely from its abbreviation Assoc. Assoc. was a slang term used in UK universities from about 1889. It later became socca, socker (1891) and finally evolved into soccer (1895). Football: The English language word football may mean any one of several team sports (or the ball used in that respective sport), depending on the national or regional origin and location of the person using the word. Where English is a first language the unqualified use of the word football is used to refer to the most popular code of football in that region. The sports most frequently referred to as simply football are Association football (soccer), American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, and Rugby football (rugby league or rugby union). BR, grem the serious one -------------------- Bad waves of paranoia, madness, fear and loathing - intolerable vibrations in this place. Get out. The weasels were closing in. I could smell the ugly brutes. Flee.
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Apr 7 2010, 09:42
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 Silly Wannabe Tanker Group: NSF Member Posts: 927 Joined: 14-November 03 From: Umeå, Sweden Member No.: 71 |
QUOTE (NSF·LupusLupus @ Mar 7 2010, 12:05)  P.S. Nasder: be ashamed. Be VERY ashamed of yourself and do correct your ways :-). NEVER!!!! I'd make it blink if I could! -------------------- In God we trust, and bombs away!
signature your as this use backwards this read to enough dumb were you if  |
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| Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 5th September 2010 - 11:40 |
