Did your English Pilgrim Fathers give you the old origional game of football that involved much use of the foot to kick a spherical ball, in addition to punching and kicking and knocking people over? Or, did they give you the English game of Rugby Football played using the League rules? Your game looks and plays like an adaptation of the League rules Rugby Football game.
We show you respect by refering to your game as Football, but we do prefix it with American to make it clear we are not refering to the actual game of Football.
The Irish show respect (and that is amazing) to the game by calling their game Gaelic Football and the actual game, Football. Likewise the Australians call their game Australian Rules Football (closer to Gaelic) and the actual game, Football.
You show no respect! Yoy call the game Soccer Ball. Why?
2006-06-19 04:11:53 · 17 answers · asked by chris_mcburney 3 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Because they are even more pig-headed than the British.
And their replies to your perfectly sensible question prove it.
2006-06-19 09:11:57 · answer #1 · answered by Rotifer 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The word 'Football' is usually used to describe the most popular code of football in a particular country. You might be surprised to learn that Canadians, Australians, Irishmen, New Zealanders and some Welshmen may refer to 'football' but mean a sport other than 'soccer'. Association Football (the full name of the game otherwise known as 'soccer') is not the only game that has the right to call it as such, there is also Gaelic football, Australian rules football, Rugby football (2 codes - union and league), American football and Canadian Football. Neither is association football the 'original' football code as is usually believed, as the original game of 'Football' was a mish-mash of a game whose rules differed across Britain, and in the 1820's the game split into two codes, one code where you couldn't handle the ball, and one where you could (i.e. rugby).
2016-03-26 21:33:01 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rugby is similar to Football but different. Hence a different name if you called football rugby what would you call rugby.
2006-06-19 05:57:09 · answer #3 · answered by Detroit fan stuck in California 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
aha, I see this is really starting to irk you...
...the simple answer is that rugby IS football...
...as in "Rugby Football". Ok, so american football is more uncouth, but we are actually the odd one's out for referring to "Soccer" incorrectly as football...
...time for an apology to our american cousins, perhaps?
2006-06-19 04:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by jedi_reverend_daade_selei 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Umm.... No. "Rugby" is an alternation of football, football began a little more then a 150 years ago, here in the south. I'm proud of that fact.
2006-06-19 06:07:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I'm not trying to be rude, but I don't know why it bothers anyone so much that we call it football. It's what we call it, and it's an awesome sport, and very entertaining!
2006-06-20 05:08:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
well i am not gonna read all of that its too long but we don't call it rugby because the game is a lot different
2006-06-19 04:30:37 · answer #7 · answered by HOT LINN 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why does this seem to bother so many Brits?
Just shut the hell up and watch your soccer.
Oh the excitement of another 0-0 tie.
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We can call football whatever we want. Americans answer to no other country. We make the rules, the world follows.
2006-06-19 04:29:38 · answer #8 · answered by Albert 6 · 2⤊ 5⤋
get over it man it call football for many year now .and we want change it .like that dam kick ball game that most of you like so much how boring is that.
2006-06-19 04:30:13 · answer #9 · answered by idontkno 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The answers to your firts two questions are as follows:
1) Why not
2) Because
Any questions?
2006-06-19 14:00:57 · answer #10 · answered by Crosscheck 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋