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minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down17·edit-22 years agoIt’s either Football or the local equivalent to “Foot” and “Ball”. The sport with the egg is “American Football”. And you US citizens can call our football “European Football” and not *Soccer".
minus-squareTurtleTourParty@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoFoosball specifically refers to the tabletop game in America.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 years agoFoosball is just an Americanized spelling of “Fußbal” which is German for Football.
minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-22 years agoWasn’t the name “soccer” originally from England? Edit: it was, and it was used for ~100 years in England until around 1960 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_association_football
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·2 years agoWell England sucks :p /s
minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoSee now we’ve got a valid argument going
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoYeah but only poshos call it “soccer” here to distinguish it from “rugger”
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoPublic schoolboys (i.e. the very posh), yes it’s weird
It’s either Football or the local equivalent to “Foot” and “Ball”.
The sport with the egg is “American Football”. And you US citizens can call our football “European Football” and not *Soccer".
Foosball specifically refers to the tabletop game in America.
Foosball is just an Americanized spelling of “Fußbal” which is German for Football.
Wasn’t the name “soccer” originally from England?
Edit: it was, and it was used for ~100 years in England until around 1960 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_association_football
Well England sucks :p /s
See now we’ve got a valid argument going
Yeah but only poshos call it “soccer” here to distinguish it from “rugger”
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Public schoolboys (i.e. the very posh), yes it’s weird
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