PugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1833
arrow-up1833imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 hours agoBut then what would they call rugby which is also played with a prolate spheroid called a “ball” which can be carried in the hand or kicked? Canadian and American football are descendants of rugby.
minus-squarengdev@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·22 hours agoprobably just keep calling it rugby
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours agoBut America also has rugby leagues. Rugby is not a foreign concept to most Americans.
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 hours agoIf you hate the word handegg, then maybe call it American Rugby, instead of American Football
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoBut we don’t call it American football. We just call it football.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoAmerican Football is already taken anyway, great band.
Call it handegg
But then what would they call rugby which is also played with a prolate spheroid called a “ball” which can be carried in the hand or kicked?
Canadian and American football are descendants of rugby.
probably just keep calling it rugby
But America also has rugby leagues. Rugby is not a foreign concept to most Americans.
If you hate the word handegg, then maybe call it American Rugby, instead of American Football
But we don’t call it American football. We just call it football.
American Football is already taken anyway, great band.