Mountaineer@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 year agoThe great debate: Is football now Australia’s national sport?www.heraldsun.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareNightSicarius 🇦🇺@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWhat’s with the surge in calling soccer “football”?
minus-squaremakingStuffForFun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWell, that is its name. What we call football is rugby. Football. Can’t use your hands. Hence FOOT Rugby. Can pick up ball. Rugby union. Rugby league. Etc.
minus-squareChe Banana@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSoccer was used to differentiate between Football Rugby and Football Soccer Soccer is derived from Association, and since Football Ass sounds…not great, Football Soccer became the name. So, Soccer is proper. Source: Yank
What’s with the surge in calling soccer “football”?
Well, that is its name. What we call football is rugby.
Football. Can’t use your hands. Hence FOOT
Rugby. Can pick up ball.
Rugby union. Rugby league. Etc.
Soccer was used to differentiate between Football Rugby and Football Soccer
Soccer is derived from Association, and since Football Ass sounds…not great, Football Soccer became the name.
So, Soccer is proper.
Source: Yank