why do americans spell it wrong??

Question

y do americans spell mexican futbol football? thats not how its spelled an deven though im mexican american its affending to me that a country that has mexican can not spell that right and its on like t.v. guides if you flip through the chanels and they still misspell it its very affending to me.

Answer 1

I didn't even know we called it futbol or Mexican football here. I thought we just called it soccer or Mexican soccer. Anyway, it's nothing to get offended about. People are just speaking American in in the US. To expect us to say "fut bol" would be expecting us to say "May hee ko" or "may hee kan fut bol" It will never happen over here. (Although I do say it that way, just because it makes everyone here wonder what I'm talking about :) ) They always go "Oh, you mean soccer?" And I go, "Yeah, Fut bol"

But anyway, it is the same thing as Mexicans in Mexico saying "Estados Unidos" or EEUU instead of United States. We don't say you are saying it wrong or spelling it wrong. It's just the way you say it so that the most people you are talking to in your language would understand. No big deal. It's all good. If we were visiting in Mexico, we'd probably say fut bol if we wanted to find a game.

On the other hand, alot of people come to the States and never hardly change the way they say anything. I'll admit we don't even speak English here. We speak American, which is a whole bunch of stuff thrown together. When someone talks and it sounds different, we don't know if they are visiting the country or living here and just never changed, or if they are just from another part of our country. Whatever works. You have to understand that we're so used to the jumbled language here that we don't even give it a second thought as to what people said or what we're saying, we just make it work.

The same thing when we go elsewhere in the world. We don't speak American because we are arrogant, we speak it because it's all we know. Language is funny to us. We are just so used to figuring out what people are saying, so we just feel other people of the world will cut us some slack and work with us as well. People might think we never learned anything but English or that we don't want to use anything but English and we are rude. The thing is, we don't even speak English. We speak a mix of all kinds of things and we'd be the first to admit it. We speak American, whatever that is. :) I don't even think it is recognized as a true language. Everyone else just thinks it's English and we call it that because we don't know what else to call it. But I call it American.

And then someone might say, well why don't you speak Indian, but the thing is the Indian nations here were never Indian at all, or even American, and they all spoke different tribal languages. They are American now and they speak American to other Americans.

And then there is rap and slang and ebonics...etc. That's just all part of American language. We don't even think of those things as unique at all, just another part of American.

Answer 2

"Football" is not misspelled.

That's the way its spelled in English.

Its "Futbol" in Spanish.

They call it "football" in the rest of the english speaking world (like Europe).

Lets go into the meaning behind it.

In English, very simple. Foot + Ball. I know American football has very little to do with the feet, but thats besides the point.

An Excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football

"Use of the word "football" in English-speaking countries

Further information: Football (word)

The word "football", when used in reference to a specific game can mean any one of those described above. Because of this, much friendly controversy has occurred over the term football, primarily because it is used in different ways in different parts of the English-speaking world. Most often, the word "football" is used to refer to the code of football that is considered dominant within a particular region.

In most English-speaking countries, the word "football" usually refers to Association football, also known as "soccer" (the name was originally a slang abbreviation of Association). Of the 45 national FIFA affiliates in which English is an official or primary language, only three (Canada, Samoa and the United States) use "soccer" in their name, while the rest use football (although the Samoan Federation actually uses both). New Zealand Soccer changed its name to Football New Zealand in May 2006. [16] In Australia, the governing body's renaming and increased usage of "football" rather than "soccer" (the name used by most Australians) has caused some controversy as the word football is traditionally used in reference to Australian rules football and rugby union and league. It should be noted, however, that members of the Australian association football team are still known as the "Socceroos"."

Answer 3

it is the difference in language. futbol is the proper spelling in spanish. in the states it is football. it is no different than azul and blue. it is the spelling for your language and ours. to be honest, american football is originated from soccer, but when they came over the the states (well america then) the game was so agressive that "football" ie soccer was banned for many years. it then made a comeback but there were more rules added to make it safer becuase too many people got hurt. over time they started picking up the ball and the traditional american football was formed. they renamed football soccer. you shouldn't be offended by how a country speaks their language.

Answer 4

No one is "affending" you. It's just the way they spell it for their language. If you're gonna get OFFENDED by that.. americans might as well ALSO be OFFENDED at the fact that you "were in a hurry" and misspelled everything in that long paragraph.

Answer 5

We don't spell "futbol" wrong. Our translation of it is just football. It would be the same the other way around. "Futbol" could easily be considered misspelled in the US, even if it isn't in Mexico. Like, Brazil is spelled "Brazil" in the US, but is spelled "Brasil" in Brazil. Or, "Italy" in the US and "Italia" in Italy. Or, "Etats Unis" in France and "United States" in the US. It just depends on the language.

Answer 6

Football is English the game started here that is how it is spelt, it is an English word. I presume that Mexico spelt it Futbol because phonetically that is how you would spell it. BUT the correct way is football, do not take an English word and out of ignorance mis spell it then tell us we have it wrong

Answer 7

You misspelled 'offending'. And it IS spelled 'football' in America. Maybe you should be in school right now getting an education because your question was not only grammatically incorrect, your spelling and punctuation skills are deplorable.

Answer 8

People have different ways of spelling words, I have a friend that spells with,, Wit.. she never puts the H in it.. it's just some how people are.. It's life.. get use to it.. cause for the rest of your life your going to see it happen all over.

Answer 9

Until you learn English and learn to write you have no right to post such a stupid question. If you are so proud of your heritage that you refuse to fit in, go back to Mexico. I speak to you not as an America, but as an immigrant myself. I came here legally and I fit in with the customs of the country I have chosen as my home. I am not going to get all mad because America uses the term soccer instead of the word football as I use back in my home country.

Let us not forget that it is Mexico who is spelling the word incorrectly in the first place. "Football" is the correct and official spelling of the word in English and American English. It comes from the words "foot" as in what you kick the ball with, and "ball" the object you kick with your foot.

Answer 10

Because that how the US and England english refer futbol as football. They need to get their right spelling for their respective language. If you speak to anyone in spanish, they know it's futbol. If you speak to anyone who only know english, they know it's football. You're not offended, you're being unknowledgeable and asking an unreasonable question.