2007-11-16 03:26:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Bryan J - a bit touchy aren't you? where's your sense of humour???
2007-11-17 03:28:33 · update #1
Texas horse lover - I think you'll find that its the Yanks that are jealous of the Brits. Thats why you pinch all our ideas.
2007-11-17 03:29:39 · update #2
you know what, I don't know man. Its got bases and they use a ball so, that's my guess why they chose that name but on the other hand they also go a"round" those bases, but that's how we are man, its how we roll.
2007-11-16 12:34:53 · answer #1 · answered by Shaq Diesel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is interesting I didn't know that you all called it rounders
2007-11-16 11:39:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Americans Don't always like the idea of ENGLISH games being Good also they say lots of things diffrently like
sweets-candy nappy-dipper trousers-pants remote-chanel changer. All the same with diffrent names
2007-11-16 11:36:07 · answer #3 · answered by missmarble50 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
For the same reason football is called soccer.
Americans tend to name things in terms that they like.
2007-11-16 11:30:23 · answer #4 · answered by Stuart 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
They are different games. This would be like asking why basketball is called hockey in Canada.
2007-11-17 09:35:09 · answer #5 · answered by Bucky 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
probably for the same reason we call an elevator an elevator and an apartment an apartment...
2007-11-16 11:52:18 · answer #6 · answered by everybody loves 3000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
how about you come and play the americans in baseball?
The winner can name the sport...deal?
*until the english are good at real sports(soccer sucks), they have no reason to talk... I second the question listed below!**
2007-11-16 11:33:11 · answer #7 · answered by It's All about Utley 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
see "rounders" and "origins of basball" on wikipedia. I see no mention of where the names come from. But rounders came first. And it originates in UK. So there, we did it first!
2007-11-16 11:31:20 · answer #8 · answered by rebecca.suter 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Perhaps the base they run to each time has something to do with it?
2007-11-16 11:31:47 · answer #9 · answered by DENNIS P 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why are the English so freakin' jealous of Americans?!
2007-11-16 11:34:45 · answer #10 · answered by Texas Horse Lover 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋