Current Events > Why do Americans get so mad when the rest of the world calls Soccer futbol

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CM_Ponch 12/02/22 11:20:28 PM #1:	I say this as an American, is another metric issue --- SW-8316-3213-4720 <cite>CM_Ponch posted [p:969875586] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>I say this as an American, is another metric issue </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ForsakenHermit 12/02/22 11:21:38 PM #2:	I've noticed more Europeans that get mad at us calling ti soccer than the other way around. --- Beware the fanatic! Too often his cure is deadlier by far than the evil he denounces!-Stan Lee RIP Make Arcades Great Again! <cite>ForsakenHermit posted [p:969875613] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>I've noticed more Europeans that get mad at us calling ti soccer than the other way around.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ellis123 12/02/22 11:21:45 PM #3:	I have never met anyone that actually did. It's just a meme to act like it. --- "A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet!" My FC is in my profile. <cite>ellis123 posted [p:969875616] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>I have never met anyone that actually did. It's just a meme to act like it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hexa 12/02/22 11:23:15 PM #4:	when I was on Facebook, an American female wrote a post about World Cup soccer, and a guy from Wales corrected her that it was called "football" <cite>hexa posted [p:969875650] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>when I was on Facebook, an American female wrote a post about World Cup soccer, and a guy from Wales corrected her that it was called "football"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SomeGuyUO 12/02/22 11:23:47 PM #5:	Italy calls it calcio. <cite>SomeGuyUO posted [p:969875660] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>Italy calls it calcio.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 12/02/22 11:24:07 PM #6:	We don't really think about soccer much lol --- I'm a Taurus I like collecting headphones and iems. My fave game of all time is DMC 3 SE on PC w/ style switch mod. IMO it the best button masher on earth <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:969875667] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>We don't really think about soccer much lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThePrinceFish 12/02/22 11:24:15 PM #7:	It's pretty funny that the English invented the term soccer and then stopped using it because it became so dominantly an American term. --- Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. <cite>ThePrinceFish posted [p:969875669] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>It's pretty funny that the English invented the term soccer and then stopped using it because it became so dominantly an American term.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
supervaan 12/02/22 11:25:40 PM #8:	I see more of the opposite --- :^) <cite>supervaan posted [p:969875698] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>I see more of the opposite</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Panthera 12/02/22 11:31:42 PM #9:	I've seen like one person doing this for every twenty non-Americans I've seen getting angry at the term soccer --- Meow! <cite>Panthera posted [p:969875811] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>I've seen like one person doing this for every twenty non-Americans I've seen getting angry at the term soccer</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pfh1001 12/02/22 11:35:40 PM #10:	ThePrinceFish posted... It's pretty funny that the English invented the term soccer and then stopped using it because it became so dominantly an American term. <cite>pfh1001 posted [p:969875887] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>ThePrinceFish posted...</cite><quote>It's pretty funny that the English invented the term soccer and then stopped using it because it became so dominantly an American term.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordMarshal 12/02/22 11:39:37 PM #11:	Why did we call american football football? Why not tackleball or something? --- There can be only one. <cite>LordMarshal posted [p:969875957] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>Why did we call american football football? Why not tackleball or something?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GreenMario 12/02/22 11:39:44 PM #12:	We do? But then I find it boring no matter what you call it. --- Mario and his best friend Green Mario were introduced in Super Mario Bros for the NES in 1982. <cite>GreenMario posted [p:969875961] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>We do? But then I find it boring no matter what you call it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mibahlzitch 12/02/22 11:41:30 PM #13:	hexa posted... when I was on Facebook, an American female wrote a post about World Cup soccer, and a guy from Wales corrected her that it was called "football" This is now a topic about using "female" to refer to people and how it's weird. Also you made a point of doing that but saying guy instead of male. --- It's all true. <cite>Mibahlzitch posted [p:969875991] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>hexa posted... </cite><quote>when I was on Facebook, an American female wrote a post about World Cup soccer, and a guy from Wales corrected her that it was called "football"</quote>This is now a topic about using "female" to refer to people and how it's weird. Also you made a point of doing that but saying guy instead of male.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NoxObscuras 12/02/22 11:42:02 PM #14:	I think it's the opposite. Non-Americans get mad at the term soccer. So we double down on it lol. --- PSN - NoxObscuras Z490 \| i9-10900K \| EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra \| 32GB DDR4 3600 \| 4TB SSD <cite>NoxObscuras posted [p:969876003] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>I think it's the opposite. Non-Americans get mad at the term soccer. So we double down on it lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bluezero 12/03/22 12:11:15 AM #15:	I get more upset when they call American football Handegg. --- i7-12700F - 3080 - 32GB 3200 - 1440p Ultrawide <cite>bluezero posted [p:969876458] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>I get more upset when they call American football Handegg.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TomNook 12/03/22 4:13:18 AM #16:	Europeans generally spend most of their free time following Americans, so when an American says it differently, they try to let them know. It's kind of like when a guy in an office always wants to make his presence known to a boss. --- Bells, bells, bells! <cite>TomNook posted [p:969878998] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>Europeans generally spend most of their free time following Americans, so when an American says it differently, they try to let them know. It's kind of like when a guy in an office always wants to make his presence known to a boss.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 12/03/22 4:21:33 AM #17:	American Football needs to change its name <cite>Zikten posted [p:969879069] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>American Football needs to change its name</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 12/03/22 4:24:40 AM #18:	LordMarshal posted... Why did we call american football football? Why not tackleball or something? Armpit ball <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:969879091] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>LordMarshal posted... </cite><quote>Why did we call american football football? Why not tackleball or something?</quote>Armpit ball</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Armpits 12/03/22 4:25:27 AM #19:	WingsOfGood posted... Armpit ball I approve <cite>Armpits posted [p:969879100] in Why do Ame... [t:80260519]...</cite> <quote>WingsOfGood posted... </cite><quote>Armpit ball</quote>I approve</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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