BigFig@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 个月前Those who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear.message-squaremessage-square461fedilinkarrow-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 · 8 个月前message-square461fedilink
minus-squareCelloMike@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72arrow-down6·8 个月前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
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down2·8 个月前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.
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down4·8 个月前It was the Brits. Europe refers to a collection of countries.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·8 个月前the uk is also a “collection of countries”.
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 个月前Yes, 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-down1·8 个月前Brits are Europeans, so the statement wasnt incorrect
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minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 个月前“Europeans” is too vague. Why would you refer to Europe like it’s one country?
minus-squareCelloMike@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 个月前NGL I kinda forgot about rugby, fair point
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·8 个月前And 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.