I know, but if I say 'soccer' it will feel as though I'm letting the Americans keep 'football' for their game.
They seem to throw the ball a lot in their version of the game, so to distinguish it from 'soccer' and 'rugger' I think they should call it 'tosser'. <g> <------ -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Stoddart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 June 2005 10:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Interesting conversation yesterday > > > On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Bob W wrote: > > > football (sorry, I just can't call it 'soccer' <g>). > > Bob, > > Don't be ashamed to call it 'soccer' on the grounds that the > Americans have stolen 'football' for that daft dressing-up > game they play :-) It's supposed to come from a public school > contraction of 'Association Football' as opposed to 'Rugby > Football'. Hence we get 'soccer' and 'rugger', which is even > more English than before. > > Chris > > > >
