PugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 天前This is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square74linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 天前message-square74linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 天前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.
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 天前But America also has rugby leagues. Rugby is not a foreign concept to most Americans.
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 天前If you hate the word handegg, then maybe call it American Rugby, instead of American Football
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 天前But we don’t call it American football. We just call it 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.