@PugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1859arrow-down118
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minus-square@bluegreenwookie@bookwormstory.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 month agoImagine if the us switched to calling soccer football. What would the us call American football then? It would be weird to call it American football in America
minus-square@gmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•1 month agoGridiron it’s a much cooler name anyway
minus-square@chonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agoBut then what would they call rugby which is also played with a prolate spheroid called a “ball” which can be carried in the hand or kicked? Canadian and American football are descendants of rugby.
minus-squareJyeklinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoBut America also has rugby leagues. Rugby is not a foreign concept to most Americans.
minus-square@ziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoIf you hate the word handegg, then maybe call it American Rugby, instead of American Football
minus-squareJyeklinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoBut we don’t call it American football. We just call it football.
minus-square@ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoAmerican Football is already taken anyway, great band.
minus-square@ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoHandball is already a sport, albeit more an “in the park with your friends” kind of thing than “arenas and shit lol.”
minus-square@Slovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoNo, handball is an actual sport: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handball
Imagine if the us switched to calling soccer football. What would the us call American football then? It would be weird to call it American football in America
Gridiron it’s a much cooler name anyway
Rugby for cowards
Call it handegg
But then what would they call rugby which is also played with a prolate spheroid called a “ball” which can be carried in the hand or kicked?
Canadian and American football are descendants of rugby.
probably just keep calling it rugby
But America also has rugby leagues. Rugby is not a foreign concept to most Americans.
If you hate the word handegg, then maybe call it American Rugby, instead of American Football
But we don’t call it American football. We just call it football.
American Football is already taken anyway, great band.
Handball
Handball is already a sport, albeit more an “in the park with your friends” kind of thing than “arenas and shit lol.”
No, handball is an actual sport: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handball
American gridiron football.
Gridiron football
Pitch football
Helmet ball
Helmet handball.
Hot Potato.