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Oi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 79 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Most of the world calls it football because feet and ball. American football is usually referred to as commercials or ads.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It seems so stupid to me that Americans took over the name football for a sport thats not even mainly played by foot, and then pretend like thats the sport that naturally belongs to the name. Like wtf.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago

    This is why the fuck: american football evolved from Association Football (soccer) and rugby. Americans didn't take over the name, the names for each version of the "ball game on a field with goals at either end" developed from different regional slang as each sport evolved and grew into popularity in their respective places. Each of those sports developed various shortened or slang versions of their name. Rugby was really Rugby football. Association football became soccer, a term coined in London and adopted by Americans. Gridiron football evolved from both and become what Americans just called football.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Etymology-wise, football is actually called football because it's done on foot as opposed to on horse.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Ah so that's why its Polo and not "horse polo"

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