Originally posted by pr1983
football (as in the english variety) was the original... it had the name first... so its football... the only country that calls it soccer is the U.S.A. why not have a different name for american football?kickball? so what would yours be called?
no us aussies call it soccer too bag
i dont know i get really confused...i agree, the same sport should have the same name!
i think i remember though.....im going from the aussies point of view ok!?
we have football, the thing with the funny shaped ball that bounces everywhere
then we have soccer, the thing with the round ball and you guys call football!?
and then theres rugby which i THINK is what the americans call footy!? 😕
Originally posted by pr1983
rugby is rugby... 😛we call yours 'aussie rules' misha 😄
as far as i know there are 4 types of football...
FOUR different types? *faints* oh my this is all to much information for a little girl at quarter to 5 in the morning....i need sleep cry
and yes aussies do rule 😉
night,
xxoo misha.
Originally posted by pr1983
football (as in the english variety) was the original... it had the name first... so its football... the only country that calls it soccer is the U.S.A. why not have a different name for american football?kickball? so what would yours be called?
To me is no difference the name change. As long as the rules and basics remain I love the sport. As far as I know it was originally called American Football. But there was no point calling American. So it was shorten to Fooball.
Wow, this grew surprisingly quickly.
Oh dear...BUSH didn't do ANYTHING prior to 9/11!!!!!!!!!!!! He was a lame duck president elected by a minority! Please try to use your brain...
You must understand that the rest of the world hates AMERICA, not AMERICANS. They hate our government and our foreign policy, not the people. However, many of them are uninformed and make assumptions about us based on what they see in movies--as in, a lot of people think we're all loudmouthed, 300-lb. assholes. (Huh. They must have seen plenty of films about New Yorkers and then watched Supersize Me. 🙂)
Oh noes! But that's not all. In my Global Issues class, we were talking about why everyone hates us--which is why I made this thread because it is so important to learn about stuff like this--and we used an analogy that is quite fitting.
We're the arrogant, cocky, disrespectful jock of the world. You know, every school has one or two (or maybe more). We're that guy who mocks the little guy, mocks others, and doesn't care what everyone else thinks. And you know how other people feel? They feel like we do about people like this: it feels good when he fails. And that is why some cheered about 9/11.
Hypocrisy, ignorance, the 'I-don't-give-a-damn' syndrome, and jealousy.
WHAT? Jealousy?! Yes, jealousy. How could they not be envious about us? We are the richest, most powerful country in the world. We have the best standard of living, the best technology, the best everything.