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The FIFA Debacle

Alan USA said:
Named football because the ball was originally one foot long.
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Urban myth. It was named football after the game lost similarities to rugby football. The football is 11 1/2 inches long and has always been known as the 'pigskin'.

But you are right about 'soccer' although I think it is derived from a couple of Latin clubs who didn't want association football as it was known and shortened it to soccer. Or something like that.
 
It was Oxford wasn't it? Rugger, Soccer, etc.
 
Johnny75 said:
Urban myth. It was named football after the game lost similarities to rugby football. The football is 11 1/2 inches long and has always been known as the 'pigskin'.

But you are right about 'soccer' although I think it is derived from a couple of Latin clubs who didn't want association football as it was known and shortened it to soccer. Or something like that.
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Doing some more digging...

It's a reflection of the game's origins. The first football-type games played on U.S. college campuses were kicking-oriented sports like soccer. But every school had its own rules. It wasn't until the 1870s that the schools convened to agree on a standardized set of rules -- which, at Harvard's prodding, were based on the English rugby code. Rugby, of course, is really "rugby football." And since everyone had already been calling it football, the name stuck -- although it could just as easily at that point have become known as American rugby.

Kicking was a much more prominent part of the game in the early days than it is now, too. Before the forward pass was legalized, teams attempted more field goals, and punting was considered a primary defensive strategy for a team whose running game was bogging down.
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Tell you what, you can keep calling it Soccer as long as you stop pronouncing Qatar, 'Cutter'. :steam:
 
Blatter will still be incharge until after christmas. plenty of time to rig the next election, sweep some shit under the carpet and get some revenge.

personally I'm with Squeeze, he wants to avoid being arrested live on TV in Canada., still hope they get him.
 
Alan USA said:
Who the holy fuck calls it Cutter? It's Kuhtar.
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Every other American news anchor I've heard since the arrests. HBO made John Oliver pronounce it that way on LWT and you could almost see the self loathing in his eyes. :icon_lol:

Another annoying one is most Brits pronounce Chile 'Chili'. It was driving me mental during the FA cup final.
 
BREAKING: Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter is the focus of a U.S. corruption probe - NY Times
 
Blatter now under investigation by the FBI
 
Lycanthropist said:
Every other American news anchor I've heard since the arrests. HBO made John Oliver pronounce it that way on LWT and you could almost see the self loathing in his eyes. :icon_lol:

Another annoying one is most Brits pronounce Chile 'Chili'. It was driving me mental during the FA cup final.
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This is honestly news to me. Never heard it pronounced that way.
 
That's probably how you say it but I can honestly say I've never heard anyone say it like that.
 
John Oliver also has to pronounce Premier as Pruh- me-ur. It's not right from an English accent...
 
Being told how to pronounce English by new world nouveau-arrivistes. the world has gone to hell on a handcart.....
 
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