BigFig@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThose who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear.message-squaremessage-square465fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down119
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 months agomessage-square465fedilink
minus-squareCelloMike@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72arrow-down6·2 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-up34arrow-down2·2 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-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down4·2 months agoIt was the Brits. Europe refers to a collection of countries.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 months agothe uk is also a “collection of countries”.
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 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.
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoBrits are Europeans, so the statement wasnt incorrect
minus-squareBeldarofremulak@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoEuropeans when it’s positive, individual culture subset when it’s something bad.
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months ago“Europeans” is too vague. Why would you refer to Europe like it’s one country?
minus-squareCelloMike@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoNGL I kinda forgot about rugby, fair point
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months 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
Europeans when it’s positive, individual culture subset when it’s something bad.
“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.