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Comment on !football@sopuli.xyz , for football fans (the one where you touch ball wit your foot)

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

~100% of English speakers will recognize the ambiguity

Everybody outside of said countries will consider ‘football’ to refer to, well, football, without any ambiguity. They may be aware Americans are idiots about it but it’s not something that comes up in daily conversation.

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CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  You want to use the word football exclusively to refer to soccer because your goal is to be exclusionary
  
  No, our goal is to use our already understood terms the way we understand them.
  
  You don’t want those stupid Americans to talk about your favorite sport.
  
  They’re welcome to. I don’t watch ANY sports. The closest I get to it is arguing with online trolls.
  
  But I really want to talk about soccer with y’all a lot
  
  Sure, go ahead. Nobody’s stopping you.
  
  rich history and culture associated with the word soccer in favor of the word that British aristocrats used to distinguish themselves from working class soccer fans
  
  Go read the link I posted about the etymology of the word football. Why are you discarding that rich history and culture?
  
  what you’re willing to sacrifice just to keep me out of the conversation.
  
  You have a highly inflated opinion of yourself if you think the English speaking world made language choices with you in mind.
  
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  - CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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    AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I didn’t claim to like football. I do however actually like etymology.
    
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