PugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1831arrow-down118cross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1813arrow-down1imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
minus-squarebluegreenwookielinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·22 hours 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-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·52 minutes agoHandball is already a sport, albeit more an “in the park with your friends” kind of thing than “arenas and shit lol.”
minus-squareSlovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·33 minutes agoNo, handball is an actual sport: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handball
minus-squareHansae@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·edit-217 hours agoRugby for cowards
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·21 hours agoGridiron it’s a much cooler name anyway
minus-squarePunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours agoGridiron football Pitch football
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·19 hours agoAmerican gridiron football.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·21 hours 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-squarengdev@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·21 hours agoprobably just keep calling it rugby
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours agoBut America also has rugby leagues. Rugby is not a foreign concept to most Americans.
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoIf you hate the word handegg, then maybe call it American Rugby, instead of American Football
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoBut we don’t call it American football. We just call it football.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·51 minutes agoAmerican Football is already taken anyway, great band.
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
Helmet ball
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
Rugby for cowards
Gridiron it’s a much cooler name anyway
Gridiron football
Pitch football
American gridiron football.
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.
Helmet handball.
Hot Potato.