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WisTex
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   Topic: Is it called Soccer or Football?
Posted: 23 Sept 2003 at 1:12pm |
In the U.S., they call it soccer so it won't be confused with American Football, but the rest of the world thinks it should be called football.
So, what do you think it should be called?
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trinid
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Posted: 02 Oct 2003 at 1:25am |
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It shoud be football. Just look at the way the game is played in comparison to American football. It just not logical. A simple fact; football is played with the feet not with the hands. American football should be called Soccer. That gam more look like a "soccer" match.
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world42
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Posted: 09 Oct 2003 at 5:24am |
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I think it should be called Soccer everywhere, because then there would be no confusion. Everyone knows what Soccer is. But with two different meanings of football (soccer vs. American football) it gets confusing. They should just change the name of football to soccer to make everyone's life easier.
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gillthebean
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Posted: 14 Nov 2003 at 7:22pm |
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It's not called soccer only in the US... in most parts of Africa (including South Afica, where I'm from), Australia and New Zealand, it's called soccer.
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Duck Sauce
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Posted: 14 Nov 2003 at 8:30pm |
Originally posted by gillthebean
It's not called soccer only in the US... in most parts of Africa (including South Afica, where I'm from), Australia and New Zealand, it's called soccer.
And here I thought it was just those wacky Americans! 
Wait a minute...
I'm an American. 
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Scott
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Posted: 09 Dec 2003 at 1:00am |
Originally posted by Duck Sauce
Originally posted by gillthebean
It's not called soccer only in the US... in most parts of Africa (including South Afica, where I'm from), Australia and New Zealand, it's called soccer.
And here I thought it was just those wacky Americans!
Wait a minute...
I'm an American.
And apparently a wacky one at that!  
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belizean039
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Posted: 11 Jan 2005 at 6:23pm |
Hell, USA is the ONLY country in the WORLD that calls it 'soccer', and the game is played with the 'foot'! Now if that isn't a joke! What the americans refer to as 'football' is played with the 'hands' 99% of the time, except for kicking a field goal or punting the ball. What madness! 
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ilam96
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Posted: 01 Feb 2005 at 2:49pm |
this one's easy, i don't care how its called, i like watching the sport being played so either way it doesn't matter to me 
I agree wid u belizean039, its hilarious
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Scott
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Posted: 29 July 2005 at 12:06am |
There are a lot of things in English that don't make sense. American Football is usually thrown, not kicked. We drive on a parkway, but park on a driveway. The highway isn't always elevated. People at the airport want to pre-board the plane. What does pre-board mean? To get on before you get on? Then they keep telling me to get ON the plane, but I'd rather get IN the plane. Let some daredevil get ON the plane.
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mickey
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Posted: 30 July 2005 at 9:00pm |
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the rest of the world should call it football
and america should call it soccer
no need to change |
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