Why Do I Hate Soccer?

[Sava]

Yes. We've established terms were mixed up.

Anything else?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Translation: you were completely wrong. Not a mix-up, your entire viewpoint that it is retarded to use the term football for soccer was wrong.

[Sava]

Translation: you were completely wrong. Not a mix-up, your entire viewpoint that it is retarded to use the term football for soccer was wrong.

Nope.

"Soccer was pretty much always called soccer until elitist Brits in the 80's stopped doing it. "

I could have worded my original statement better perhaps. That's about it on my end.

You, on the other hand, aren't making much sense. Your entire argument seems to be based on your interpretation of my use of "pretty much".

[Imran Siddiqui]

It amuses me how much you are walking away from this, which was your second post on this thread and tied into your first post's use of "football" as in it was not something that should be used with soccer (as befitting your American exceptionalism viewpoint ):

You should look up the history of "football" to understand how truly retarded it is to use the term to describe soccer.

So that statement is just not correct, right?

[Sava]

So that statement is just not correct, right?

I would rewrite as:

"Usage of the word 'football' to describe soccer is retarded. Soccer was pretty much always called soccer until elitist Brits in the 80's stopped doing it."

The original point stands. I just didn't do a good job of expressing it. That can happen when I post on mobile as I'm pooping at whatever ungodly hour that was. But I am thankful to have an editor in you, Imran... someone who cares enough to help me refine my thoughts.


Shall we move along?

Usage of the word 'football' to describe soccer is retarded. Soccer was pretty much always called soccer until elitist Brits in the 80's stopped doing it.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Usage of the word 'football' to describe soccer is retarded. Soccer was pretty much always called soccer until elitist Brits in the 80's stopped doing it.

Ok, but that implication is completely wrong. Soccer was slang way to refer to the game (and usually by the upper classes), but Football was the official name of the sport and the more common usage among the lower classes (the majority of fans). Therefore, use of the word football for the kick-and-run sport is completely fine.

Recall it was named "The Football Association" in Britain in 1863 (and has always retained that name). The international body is the Fédération Internationale de Football Association.

[Sava]

Recall it was named "The Football Association" in Britain in 1863 (and has always retained that name). The international body is the Fédération Internationale de Football Association.

Yeah. And then they changed it to "soccer" and it was that way for a hundred years...

... until some elitist Brits wanted to be different from America

with their stupid inferiority complex

WE DIDNT MAKE YOU A PATHETIC SHELL OF YOUR FORMER GLORY

don't be mad at us just cuz we're better

[Imran Siddiqui]

They changed the name of the FA to soccer? I don't recall The Soccer Association existing in the UK...

[Sava]

I'm not going to pay close enough attention to all those stupid leagues. You can have whatever moral victory results from that.

[Imran Siddiqui]

[Sava]

i was hoping to get one of those limey dentalphobes but they dont seem to care enough today

[N35t0r]

oh okay

so I'm right about everything except I mixed up which one got called what first

thanks

so lets review: Soccer was pretty much always called soccer until elitist Brits in the 80's stopped doing it.

Your link, unluckily, doesn't exactly say this. It only mentions that football was also called soccer, and the soccer monicker grew in disuse in the 80s.

Also, real football has been called like that in many other languages since before this, and most of these names come directly from british english, so if the english weren't calling it mainly football in the past, all these other languages would also have picked up another word for the sport.

[Sava]

Your link, unluckily, doesn't exactly say this. It only mentions that football was also called soccer, and the soccer monicker grew in disuse in the 80s.

Also, real football has been called like that in many other languages since before this, and most of these names come directly from british english, so if the english weren't calling it mainly football in the past, all these other languages would also have picked up another word for the sport.

We can't actually be sure that other languages even exist, okay?

[N35t0r]

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[Sava]

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