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Conference trucks::football;1

Title: Soccer Football Conference
Notice:Don't forget your season ticket.....
Moderator:MOVIES::PLAYFORD
Created:Thu Aug 08 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:608
Total number of notes:85903

148.0. "Football v Soccer" by GALVIA::SPAIN (There's always the U.S.) Tue Jan 14 1992 14:33

    
    To followup the discussion in the Leeds note (note 33).  what do people
    think about the terms football and soccer?
    
    Generally football is used everywhere in the world except the U.S. and
    Australia although soccer is quite common here in Ireland too
    particularly in rural areas.  Some GAA people here also refer to the game 
    as Britball.
    
    
    Gary.
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148.1Language problemRTOIC::GGAUGLERTue Jan 14 1992 14:5018
    
    I think the discussion is also a language problem. We don't have this
    problem in Germany.
    
    We refer to our beloved sport as Fu�ball. Whenever someone refers to
    another sport he/she uses Football (or in most cases specifys this like
    American Football or Australian Football).
    
    I think there are also other languages in which you don't have this
    problem (e.g. Italia - calcio, Spain - futb�l). 
    
    However, in English I'd prefer to call our football football and not
    soccer. Though I recognize that this term football will have different 
    meanings in different cultures. In the US people will refer to their
    game as football and the other sport must be specified and vice versa
    in Europe. 
    
    G�nter
148.2Can't get away from ratholes, thoughXSTACY::PATTISONSeek.. Locate.. Exterminate...Tue Jan 14 1992 15:025
	Americans similarily use the term "hockey" when they really mean
	"ice-hockey".

	You're glad I told you that, aren't you...
148.3What do Americans call rat-holes?FUTURS::DAGLESSMay 16th, 1990Tue Jan 14 1992 15:050
148.4Bo, you don't know diddlelin'GOTA1::APPELQVISTYour man on the Northern frontTue Jan 14 1992 16:046
    
    I think that Ian Rush said it all when he in a Nike-commersial said;
    
    "Bo knows about REAL football"
    
    Mats
148.5CURRNT::PAGEDAnd the coprophiliac grinnedTue Jan 14 1992 16:321
    Does anyone know the origin of the word "soccer" ?
148.6Unconfirmed version in the Leeds topicSTKOFF::SPERSSONPas de problemeTue Jan 14 1992 17:004
    
    > Does anyone know the origin of the word "soccer" ?
    
    See 33.312
148.7Sports Conferences...Mother of all ratholes!!YUPPY::STRAGEDToto...this sure ain't Kansas!!Wed Jan 15 1992 14:168
            <<< Note 148.3 by FUTURS::DAGLESS "May 16th, 1990" >>>
                     -< What do Americans call rat-holes? >-
    
    
    Answer:	Digital Conference Files
    
    
    PJ
148.8Linguistic reflectionSTKOFF::SPERSSONPas de problemeWed Jan 15 1992 16:558
    
    It just occurred to me that North American equivalents to FA are
    usually named "Soccer Association"
    
    Do they realise that what they really mean is Association Football
    Association?
    
    Stefan
148.9As an example.........ASDG::JOHNSONWed Jan 15 1992 18:0121
             <<< RTODWT::DW$USER1:[NOTES$LIBRARY]FOOTBALL.NOTE;1 >>>
                                 -< FOOTBALL >-
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Note 148.7                      Football v Soccer                         7 of 8
YUPPY::STRAGED "Toto...this sure ain't Kansas!!"      8 lines  15-JAN-1992 14:16
               -< Sports Conferences...Mother of all ratholes!! >-
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            <<< Note 148.3 by FUTURS::DAGLESS "May 16th, 1990" >>>
                     -< What do Americans call rat-holes? >-
    
    
    Answer:	Digital Conference Files
    
    
    PJ


    Example: Note 148 in the Football Conference File  :-)


    Jerry
148.10Football = NFL, "sacca" = footyTROOA::PBLANEYAlpha, the final frontier.Wed Jan 22 1992 18:5611
    In Canada, where former Brits run most soccer organizations (= why they
    have no decent league/team), everything is "* Association", such as 'The
    Ontario Soccer association", or "Canadian Soccer Association". This
    also complies to US views. All the clubs are called 'soccer' clubs,
    such as my fine Burlington United S.C., or Italia SC. All the kids use
    soccer, the ex-pats Football, or even 'real' football.  The one common
    thing they share with the original 'accociations' is they are manned by 
    stuffed shirts and empty suits the majority of whom couldn't kick a ball 
    sideways!
    
    American football is just called the "NFL".
148.11Who's favourite for the Gray Cup?R2ME2::HINXMANI&#039;ll just sit here and rustWed Jan 22 1992 21:355
	re .10

	And what is Canadian football called?

	Tony
148.12FUTURS::ROWELLBoink !Thu Jan 23 1992 16:577
    CFL,
    
    but I don't know who the favorite is.
    
    Wayne,
    (Who once met Russ Jackson, formerly of the Ottawa Rouighriders during
    their glory years)
148.13Only joking 8-)...8-)YUPPY::STRAGEDToto...this sure ain&#039;t Kansas!!Thu Jan 23 1992 18:2310
    re: 10
    
    Q: What is Canadian Football called?
    
    A: (set hidden)
    
    
    (It would get me in trouble with the mods!!)
    PJ