I've read the same thing Terry... soccer was the abbreviation for Association Football and rugger was short for rugby. In America, we have American Football (called just Football) so soccer is a distinct name used for Association Football. Similarly in Australia, I assume football is used for Aussie Rules Football and soccer for our round ball equivalent. Anoyone confirm that?
Turab. fanxb2eric wrote: >Azamin asked: > > > >>I would like to ask our american friends here... why did the >> >> >americans call football soccer...? where did the word came from...? > >The word didn't come from the Americans. It's British. There are two >kinds of football: rugby football and association football. "Soccer" >is just an alteration and abbreviation of "asSOCiation". The word >"soccer" used to be quite common in the UK as well, mainly, I think, >among the middle classes, who were never much interested in it, but >"football" has always been more common. > >I suspect the Americams preferred to call the game "soccer" rather >than "football" because a game called "football" already existed in >the States ... the game where the players rarely use their feet. They >should have called it "American rugby" and then there'd be no confusion. > >Terry > > > >Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list > >Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. >Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Toner for Your Printer or Fax at LaserTonerSuperstore.com-Save 55%! We have your brand: HP, IBM, Canon, Xerox, Apple and many more for less! http://www.LaserTonerSuperstore.com http://us.click.yahoo.com/YmQqWC/qicGAA/ySSFAA/GtUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
