BigFig@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoThose who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear.message-squaremessage-square447fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down120
arrow-up1209arrow-down1message-squareThose who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear.BigFig@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square447fedilink
minus-squareCelloMike@startrek.websitecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72arrow-down6·2 years 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-up34arrow-down2·2 years 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-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down4·2 years agoIt was the Brits. Europe refers to a collection of countries.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 years agothe uk is also a “collection of countries”.
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoYes, and as far as I’m aware it’s the collection of countries that created the term Association Football. Could be wrong though.
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoBrits are Europeans, so the statement wasnt incorrect
minus-squareBeldarofremulak@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-21 year agodeleted by creator
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years ago“Europeans” is too vague. Why would you refer to Europe like it’s one country?
minus-squareCelloMike@startrek.websitecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoNGL I kinda forgot about rugby, fair point
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 years agoAnd we’ve since corrected our mistake.
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.
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.
Brits are Europeans, so the statement wasnt incorrect
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“Europeans” is too vague. Why would you refer to Europe like it’s one country?
to get engagement
NGL I kinda forgot about rugby, fair point
And we’ve since corrected our mistake.