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Skriven 2005-03-31 07:58:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av TORBJORN MOHN
Ärende: 2nd Observation
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-=> Quoting Torbjorn Mohn to Frank Scheidt <=-

 >> What we call "football" is what you call "soccer". what you call
 >> "football" is what we call "rugby" and it is indeed not played here.
 
 > Actually rugby is *nothing* like football, but that's beside the
 > point.  I wonder why Europeans call soccer "football" ... [sigh]
 > ... perhaps that's Hungarian or Polish or some such language for
 > "football" I suppose ... just as German for "bird" is "Vogel" ...
 > in any event it would be less confusing if the Europeans would
 > comply with the common name for football, i.e., "football".  OTOH
 > since *we*, in the U.S., have no problem with having Germans say
 > "Vogel" for "bird" I suppose we should have no problem with
 > Europeans calling soccer "football" -- especially since they
 > don't even *play* regular football there ...

 TM> Do you know what? We (the rest of the world outside the North American
 TM> continent) call it football, because to us, that's what it is. The
 TM> reason for it is because it is played using your feet kicking the ball
 TM> only (except for the goal keeper ). We also have handball here in the
 TM> rest of the world, it's being called so, mainly because it's being
 TM> played by using your hands carrying the ball. American football to the
 TM> rest of the world, is _similar_ to Rugby or Aussie rules football.

 TM> So when you say:
 TM> "in any event it would be less confusing if the Europeans would comply
 TM> with the common name for football, i.e., "football" "

 TM> Has it occured to you, that there is a reason why most of the rest of
 TM> the world calls soccer football?

No, it hasn't.  Actually I haven't given it much thought.  Much 
of the world is often out-of-step with the U.S., anyway ... so 
the fact that they might call soccer "football" isn't really 
troubling to us ... just one more example, I suppose ...

 TM> Why do you mean the rest of the world should comply?

Common-sense??

 TM> I sincerely hope this was not an attempt to stir up more differences
 TM> here? :-) 

Who, *me*!?!!    Never ... OTOH maybe I'm running for moderator of 
this echo ... not really, so don't vote for me ...

 TM> I've always been wondering why American football is called football.
 TM> The only time the the ball is kicked is when there is a goal kick or a
 TM> field goal. The rest of the time, the ball is carried or passed from
 TM> one persons hand to the other.

The very first act in football involves the ball's being kicked by 
someone's "foot" ... hence "football".  In soccer the ball is 
"socked" by the foot or elbow or head or whatever ... that's why 
it's called "soccer".  In a way that's the reason gold is called 
"gold" -- because it's gold colored ... uh ... er ... 'scuse me, 
gold coloured ...

 TM> BTW: I think Ameriacn football is great fun to watch, I haven't missed
 TM> a Superbowl on TV for the last 15 years!

And *I*, OTOH, have never seen one ...

... <---<<< It's simply too wonderful for words!

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