The word soccer originally came from England, actually. It started out as a short version of Association Football. As England started getting involved with the rest of the kicking the round ball into the net world, they started calling it football as well. America just kept the original English colloquialism.
Judah On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually... no. It's called football. You folks are the exception to the > rule. ;-) > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Casey Dougall < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > And then the rivalry >> > between red and blue can go back to where it belongs... at a footie >> darby. >> > >> > >> >> Someone doesn't live in USA, it's called Soccer :-) >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:310958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
