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Originally posted by DNF
so what does the word soccer mean?
or how does FOOTBALL... relate to the sport AMERICAN football?
australia has.... OZZY RULES FOOTBALL...
see the pattern?
ENGLAND invented the sport FOOTBALL...
AMERICA took the idea but had different rules, and named it AMERICAN FOOTBALL...
AUSTRALIA took the same ideabut different rules, and named it OZZY RULES FOOTBALL....
so when you see FOOTBALL on its own it means the english meaning of football...
any other type of sport relating to it, must have the nationality of rules before the word FOOTBALL...
that is all...
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People who pick up on such trivial things are usually insecure about something. Like their country and it's inferiority complex to a now more powerful nation. Or something along those lines...
It shouldn't matter. The term 'soccer' was invented by middle class Brits. It's derived from Association Football. As they used to call Rugby football too at the time (you know, Rugby was invented from Football...kind of).
And if you feel football is under threat by the usage of 'football' by others for another sport. Just got to take solace in the fact Association Football is played by billions around the world. It is the biggest. And it's much easier to access than most other sports in the world.
It's soccer. It's football. Get over it.