The reason that the rest of the world call it Football is because it was the only sport that was played in those neighbouring countries that was a ball being kicked by a foot. Football is VERY easy to translate to all languages. I thought only the English speaking countries also refer to it as Soccer (to distingiush from othe types of foot and ball sports).
This is my opinion coming from a non english speaking background.
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What background are you Titans#1- Hey there is another thread for the social forum LOL..
Ok, that is a very understandable and highly well thoughtout response, just a qustion though.. why is it known as Football in England.. when english speaking countries such as the US and Australia call it Soccer..
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I'm Dutch (born and bred) No accent though.
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What background are you Titans#1- Hey there is another thread for the social forum LOL..
Ok, that is a very understandable and highly well thoughtout response, just a qustion though.. why is it known as Football in England.. when english speaking countries such as the US and Australia call it Soccer..
I thought it was called the English Soccer League from memory.
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I think it is the English Premier league hence the EPL.. and all the commentators for the BBC call it football, but you may be right.. I don't know the history of football/soccer in England.. so I will go with you there...
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I just did a Google on it, and they are both used in England. there's a site called e-soccer and e-football. I think they don't even know which to use! lol Originally Posted by Bulldog_Titan311
I think it is the English Premier league hence the EPL.. and all the commentators for the BBC call it football, but you may be right.. I don't know the history of football/soccer in England.. so I will go with you there...
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Well they are English.. they do whatever they think is right..LOL.. they are the only people I know who would create a Church and not completely understand what the church is about.. well they do now.. but apparently back then they got confused..
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Northern England (Rugby League heartland) call soccer soccer.
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Having travelled extensivly through the UK I am yet to meet any British North or South that calls it soccer.
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Neither am I, Rugby League and Rugby Union get their full titles but no matter where you go soccer is regarded as football ... perhaps something to do with the fact that with one exception the players can only use their feet to pass the ball? Originally Posted by Dakink
The time spent kicking the ball in League and Union is a lot more limited and usually only a few of the team members possess kicking skills.
I will usually refer to is as football unless I am dealing with someone who is not a fan and will get confused by the terminology.
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