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2010 World Cup (pg. 2)
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by punjabi
soccer :haha: |
Football. |
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| verndogs |
| meh, I'm not excited about the World Cup in 2010 yet...still have the Euros next year to look forward to :) |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Football. |
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why the is the american football even called football?
Name Infringement
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by leph555
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why the is the american football even called football?
Name Infringement
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seriously. i always give some smart ass comment when people say i dont like football. they are almost always referring to american football. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by leph555
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why the is the american football even called football?
Name Infringement
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| quote: | Originally from Etymonline.com
1889, socca, later socker (1891), soccer (1895), originally university slang, from a shortened form of Assoc., abbreviation of association in Football Association (as opposed to Rugby football); cf. rugger, but they hardly could have taken the first three letters of Assoc. |
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=soccer |
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| gehzumteufel |
marcus, read his post again. he said AMERICAN football. |
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| Sushipunk |
| I wonder if Australia will qualify... |
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| Lilith |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
they are almost always referring to american football. |
Rather unfair on american football considering they're all a load of crap
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
I wonder if Australia will qualify... |
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lol! |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
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lol! |
Haha, we did last time, and it was like a nationwide "OMG OMG OMG we qualified!!!!!" :haha: |
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| Lilith |
Yeah, it was a little hard to ignore... for months then when they do get there-
FAIL! |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
Rather unfair on american football considering they're all a load of crap
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lol! |
oh i know. i give american ball player friends so much . cause it really isnt about skill. its all about agility. nothing more. |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
Yeah, it was a little hard to ignore... for months then when they do get there-
FAIL! |
Why was it a fail? Australia made it which is an achievement in itself, and then made it to the knockout rounds. That's pretty good. |
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