@PugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1859arrow-down118
arrow-up1841arrow-down1imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-square@chonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months 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•3 months agoBut America also has rugby leagues. Rugby is not a foreign concept to most Americans.
minus-square@ziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoIf you hate the word handegg, then maybe call it American Rugby, instead of American Football
minus-squareJyeklinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoBut we don’t call it American football. We just call it football.
minus-square@ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoAmerican Football is already taken anyway, great band.
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.