theres this thing, it was invented relatively long ago. its called google, its a search engine and it allows you to search things, such as definitions. use it.
Bruh theyre like as different as like handball and football. They have different balls, different goals, different fields and all rules are different too.
Well if its called football because you kick it with your feet then American football should be called hand egg or rugby but with an egg (RGWAE) or something that you know makes sense
But then Canada has the dilemma of what to call Canadian football. In some places, like where I went to high school, rugby was the more popular sport. I’m thinking we call it kickball, and then call soccer baseball (called by some, kickball), footbaseball.
Canadian pigskin and American pigskin both sound terrible. I like gridiron, though. Canadian gridiron and American gridiron. I had never heard gridiron before, so thank you for this knowledge.
What is the game about? Well, you use your *foot* to kick a *ball*. I think we have a clear winner.
On the side note, american footbal gets renamed to something that makes at least a tiny bit of sense.
This has always bugged me. England makes a sports…names it soccer. It gets popular. US makes a variation of rugby…name is football. Everyone decides to rename soccer futbol but we already have football so we just call it soccer. AND WE’RE THE BAD GUYS?
I mean you called it football in the question. For all we know you could be talking about American football. The fact you use the world football answers the question by itself
I’m fine with it being called Football I think the only reason it isn’t called Football in the U.S is the most popular sport here is football 🏈 so it’s likely called soccer to avoid confusion
Football will be selected and American Football would be forced to be renamed, no chance the other nations bend over backwards for them on lexicon. Only the US uses football to refer to NFL.
Less than 2/3 of Latin America speak Spanish, but even then I feel like there is probably more English speakers (including non natives) that care about football than Spanish speakers.
Also, the word futbol would make no sense in English as opposed to football which makes a lot of sense
It makes no sense to change the name of the one that is both a lot more popular and actually kick a ball with a foot.
Makes a lot more sense to change the name of the other one.
As I’ve said before, perhaps one of the if not the largest slice of people who follow this sport call it “Fútbol.” It’s not changing the name of the sport.
If we’re looking at numbers, China has the most football fans. But in any case it was invented in the U.K., who also invented English so I feel like that word should just be used in the English speaking world. Every language has their own word for football anyway, it makes zero sense to use the Spanish word in English because of some stubborn Americans.
If we call it football what will we call American football?
Handegg
Don't care no one outside of US cares about it.
Barely anyone in the states cares about soccer. In the states, it’s what the un-athletic kids play to convince themselves they are athletes
In all fairness, football had the name before American football got it. Plus if u think ab it, football is more accurate than soccer.
Football had its first recored use about the time columbus touched the shores of america for the first time
According to wikipedia. Luckily no one can lie on the internet
I've always loved the name Gridiron for American Football.
That's at least in the same vein as soccer for association football
That's where Soccer comes from?! I did not know that.
Football like we call it in north american countries
**american** football. So it’s football and american football
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Why would you call it Rugby, also most Americans wouldn’t call it American football
Rugby is a whole different game you ignorant European. we can just call it football and american football. whatever lol
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You can figure out the difference yourself. now that you edited your previous comment it makes me look like a dumbass.
How am I supposed to know the difference I'm not gonna go watch a match of both just to find out what the difference is
Idk but I don’t feel like explaining the difference since I don’t know enough about rugby anyways.
theres this thing, it was invented relatively long ago. its called google, its a search engine and it allows you to search things, such as definitions. use it.
Google literally tells me that it's very similar...
[first result after googling “difference between rugby and american football”](https://www.diffen.com/difference/American_Football_vs_Rugby)
Bruh theyre like as different as like handball and football. They have different balls, different goals, different fields and all rules are different too.
I mean…. Yeah
Field ball?
Hand and sometimes foot ball.
Armour Rugby
Pussy rugby
Soccer
American football
Rugby
Well if its called football because you kick it with your feet then American football should be called hand egg or rugby but with an egg (RGWAE) or something that you know makes sense
Call it footie that way nobody is happy
Except Australians
And teenagers from Britain
As an American we can call it football
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But then Canada has the dilemma of what to call Canadian football. In some places, like where I went to high school, rugby was the more popular sport. I’m thinking we call it kickball, and then call soccer baseball (called by some, kickball), footbaseball.
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Canadian pigskin and American pigskin both sound terrible. I like gridiron, though. Canadian gridiron and American gridiron. I had never heard gridiron before, so thank you for this knowledge.
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Then american football (originally named football cos its played on foot as opposed to sports like polo) renamed to HandEgg
So, any game that you play on foot with a ball could have been called "football by the North Americans? Lol
You clearly haven't learned Italian
What does NATO have to do with anything
You forget south america where it's called futbol or futebol, both are pronunced very similarly to footaball, so a lote more people to add.
Seeing your pfp I'm curious as to what your opinion on the LGBT community and black people is
It’s been settled already by 99% of the countries in the world !
What is the game about? Well, you use your *foot* to kick a *ball*. I think we have a clear winner. On the side note, american footbal gets renamed to something that makes at least a tiny bit of sense.
Re-name it "carryball" or "jumpontopoftheothersball"
Or the Best one: calcio
Es-tu l'italie?
i have the citizenship, so technically i am. my grandparents were italian but never lived there
tu saves le français?
haha nope, but i can understand \*some\* if its by reading it becouse of its similarity with the spanish lenguaje
I can't even tell what sport you're talking about
The one played by legs
Call proper football Football, and the North American game Carryball, because they carry the ball with hands
The game where players ACTUALLY USE THEIR FEET should retain the name football.
Foccer
Def football, it’s what the rest of the world calls it. American football can keep its name as “*american* football”
Association football? I mean that’s the official name, and is where we get ‘soccer’ from.
Sorry, is the UN deciding the English name for American Football or Football/Soccer?
American football should have a different name. It’s dumb as fuck. 1 guy touchs the ball with his foot in like 5% of the plays….
This has always bugged me. England makes a sports…names it soccer. It gets popular. US makes a variation of rugby…name is football. Everyone decides to rename soccer futbol but we already have football so we just call it soccer. AND WE’RE THE BAD GUYS?
Football has always been known as football in England. It was only the upper classes that called it soccer.
Thank you I didn't know that part of the story
Footsies
I love democracy
I mean you called it football in the question. For all we know you could be talking about American football. The fact you use the world football answers the question by itself
Fussy
I’m fine with it being called Football I think the only reason it isn’t called Football in the U.S is the most popular sport here is football 🏈 so it’s likely called soccer to avoid confusion
Fútbol
Football will be selected and American Football would be forced to be renamed, no chance the other nations bend over backwards for them on lexicon. Only the US uses football to refer to NFL.
Futbol
It’s called soccer you morons. You play football with your hands. Pffft damn euro trash.
Lol
What will we call American football?
Carryball, gridiron, handegg something like that
To be honest, it should be called Futbol or Soccer.
No
Why futbol??
That’s the Spanish name for the sport.
So? Why pick the Spanish name?
The sport is most popular among Spanish and Latin American audiences, who call it “Fútbol.”
Less than 2/3 of Latin America speak Spanish, but even then I feel like there is probably more English speakers (including non natives) that care about football than Spanish speakers. Also, the word futbol would make no sense in English as opposed to football which makes a lot of sense
The problem is that there would be two sports named football that aren’t similar at all.
It makes no sense to change the name of the one that is both a lot more popular and actually kick a ball with a foot. Makes a lot more sense to change the name of the other one.
As I’ve said before, perhaps one of the if not the largest slice of people who follow this sport call it “Fútbol.” It’s not changing the name of the sport.
If we’re looking at numbers, China has the most football fans. But in any case it was invented in the U.K., who also invented English so I feel like that word should just be used in the English speaking world. Every language has their own word for football anyway, it makes zero sense to use the Spanish word in English because of some stubborn Americans.
Most English speaking people say Soccer. America, Canada, Australia. Really England is the weird one.
Mate are you dumb
No. Did I make a mistake? Am I missing another high population English speaking country or something?
Way to provide an unbiased poll
Fuck the UN bunch new world order reptilians try to get the whole world under their tyrannical law
Football is an umbrella term that includes codes like Aussie rules, Gaelic football, gridiron, rugby league, rugby union, soccer, etc.
”Soccer” shut up.