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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy
No idea! Iʻm in need of some edification!
I did, of course, know that, on the other side of the pond, the term "football" is erroneously used to describe soccer (as there is something else called football- a dumb sport involving the skin of a pig and big brutish guys running into each other).
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Whereas in America '
football' is a game where the ball is thrown.
for replying anyhoo.
We also have 'rugby football' (what you referred to in your post) - what we call football is governed by the Football Association. 'Soccer' derived from 'Association' and was used here to distinguish 'association football' from 'rugby football'.