• kameecoding@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Doesn’t change the fact that football makes more sense and that while the British did come up with soccer literally every country uses something like football.

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      this also doesnt change the fact that if we called football football and football football we would be confusing football with football, and football with football, instead of having two succinct names that are clearly identifiable.

      And even then most words don’t make very much sense. It’s just english.

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      1 year ago

      Except we came up with another game we called football so we can’t exactly change the name of that game so soccer can be renamed

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        I my language, we just call it “American Football”. And it works pretty well since only USA plays it. The real football is just “Football” of course.

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          There are teams and leagues in Britain and Germany that play “American Football.” They just aren’t at the level of US teams yet. But they are getting better at it.

          The NFL has been playing games in Britain for years now. And I think this year they played in Germany also. It’s an open secret that the NFL wants a team based in Britain also. They just can’t quite figure out the logistics.

          Like it or not, American Football/Hand Egg is gaining popularity around the world - slowly perhaps but steadily. The NFL is coming for your “football”. In any case, it’s better than Cricket…