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Old 10-01-2004, 12:40 AM   #100
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Originally Posted by Sly Boots
If you truly liked soccer you would call it football.
Give him some slacks, he's from the States after all

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Originally Posted by ConcreteRancor
Just out of curiosity, what DO you call our football?
Rugby. No, we call it american football. (but probably we should call it american rugby, because they have more similarities)

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Originally Posted by ConcreteRancor
But we play soccer too, so that's "football played in America," as opposed to "American football."
But footbal was first played in Europe (believe it was England), and then in the States, so if it's the same game why not call it football too? (because you made up your football, and our was just imported )
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