BigFig@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThose who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear.message-squaremessage-square231fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down114
arrow-up1169arrow-down1message-squareThose who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear.BigFig@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square231fedilink
minus-squareMwallerby@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down6·5 months agoEuropeans: call a game where you kick ball with foot “football” Americans: call a game where you throw ball with hands “football” One of these makes more sense to me… :p
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·5 months agoEuropeans came up with the word “soccer” as a shortened form of “Association football” to distinguish it from the numerous other forms of football being played (rugby etc). So, it’s your fault anyway.
minus-squareMwallerby@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoNGL I kinda forgot about rugby, fair point
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·5 months agoIt was the Brits. Europe refers to a collection of countries.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·5 months agothe uk is also a “collection of countries”.
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoYes, and as far as I’m aware it’s the collection of countries that created the term Association Football. Could be wrong though.
Europeans: call a game where you kick ball with foot “football”
Americans: call a game where you throw ball with hands “football”
One of these makes more sense to me… :p
Europeans came up with the word “soccer” as a shortened form of “Association football” to distinguish it from the numerous other forms of football being played (rugby etc).
So, it’s your fault anyway.
NGL I kinda forgot about rugby, fair point
It was the Brits. Europe refers to a collection of countries.
the uk is also a “collection of countries”.
Yes, and as far as I’m aware it’s the collection of countries that created the term Association Football. Could be wrong though.