Football and the English. (Europe, American, French, effects, quote)

oojay · 10-12-2006, 05:52 PM

say it with me people "s-o-c-c-e-r."

**right-track** · 10-12-2006, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by oojay

say it with me people "s-o-c-c-e-r."

"t-o-s-s-e-r"

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Originally Posted by White Lies

On that note, here's a cool video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8v4o...elated&search=

Here's one for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fafsK...elated&search=

Even the women get in on the act.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcgMHVqcrzQ

oojay · 10-12-2006, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

"t-o-s-s-e-r"

"*-*-*-* you"

swim · 10-12-2006, 08:30 PM

I call it football.

tdoc210 · 10-12-2006, 09:16 PM

i dont pay attention to it =P
nor any other sports except for MXC and downhill skiing, and if you count akateboarding as a sport, thats pretty fun to watch to

oojay · 10-12-2006, 09:46 PM

no its just kind of confusing when people say "football" and you dont know if they mean real footbal or soccer.

**Urban Hatemonger** · 10-12-2006, 09:48 PM

You are aware that 'soccer' is an abbreviation of Association Football , right?

oojay · 10-12-2006, 09:59 PM

how the hell do you get "soccer" from "association football"? and what does that have to do with anything?

**right-track** · 10-12-2006, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by oojay

"*-*-*-* you"

Love you too.

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Originally Posted by swimintheundertow

I call it football.

When I don't call it football, it's usually ...togger.

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Originally Posted by Mamagarmr

and if you count akateboarding as a sport,

No!

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Originally Posted by oojay

how the hell do you get "soccer" from "association football"? and what does that have to do with anything?

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~pstone/why.html

oojay · 10-13-2006, 12:09 AM

then why dont you all call it "association football" instead of just "football"? wouldnt want anyone to get confused over something soooo important. and the story about only using the "soc" from "association football" and just adding a "cer" at the end seems a bit dodgy. and if the name was first coined at oxford university, that means its of british origin, not a term that us silly americans came up with. so maybe you all should call it "soccer" after all?. either way, youd think that other countries besides the US would be able to come up with a better game than footbal/association football/soccer/etc. it may be your all's bread and butter over in england, but i just dont understand what the big deal about it is. but i guess that just confirms the main idea of the thread.

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