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 Soccer is called football in English. Soccer is just a silly American word to distinguish real football from American football (ie. rugby for wooses) Kitchen is cuisine. In English you'll have noticed that that same word is used to describe a selection of food rather than the place where it is prepared. It is similar to the way we use "Je ne sais quoi" as a fancy way of saying 'a certain something' when it fact it means 'I don't know what'. Anyone listened to Eddie Izzards "dress to kill" stand up? Le chat est dans la chaise, la souris et sous la table et le singe est sur la branche! posted by fatpie42 |
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 We use Soccer in Australia aswell, we've got three kinds of football. Soccer National Rugby League Australian Football League AFL and NRL are similiar to Grid Iron in ways, but AFL is played very differently. posted by hungarian kid |
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Rugby isn't football What's the difference between soccer and football? posted by fatpie42 |
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 Quote: What's the difference between soccer and football? the difference between soccer and american football? or soccer and football anywhere else? (well...except maybe australia, since hk likes his country to be clearly distinguished from others) posted by nocturnal_anonymous |
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I dunno - whatever it was that Hungarian Kid was talking about... posted by fatpie42 |
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 Fatpie, C'mon man. Every Brit I know says the same thing, "American football is rugby for wusses." When I ask them if they ever played it, they say..."No." Oh, and I'm not speaking on unfounded ground here. I played rugby in college. And trust me, the beating that "American" Football players take is just as much if not more than Rugby players. Think about it this way...a study came out a while back that was in Sports Illustrated. It said that the avg. life expectancy of a NFL player is 63. That 13 yrs. less than the avg. male. Here's another one, everytime a quarterback is sacked or a player is tackled extremely hard, it takes a week off that players life. A week...for one tackle. You know I have respect for you Fatpie, but you're dead wrong calling American Footballers wusses. posted by GP |
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 Does anyone know Gaelic football ♣? Like soccer and rugby mixed (= you can carry the ball in your hands) Gaelic football rules ♣ posted by knn |
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 is for wusses...do it without the pads and maybe you'll get a bit of respect hahaha 
posted by the anomaly |
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I said in my previous post I played rugby in college. posted by GP |
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for calling american football "rugby for wusses". Rugby doesn't involve large amounts of padding and armour. Yet it involves the same amount of violence. If American footballers are so tough, why do they need an entire suit of armour when they play? Oh and look - Anomaly has said this too! posted by fatpie42 |
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I guess I'm not going to win this argument. I guess if I had one more piece of evidence it would be speed. I know that there are alot of in shape guys that play rugby. Hell, I was one of 'em. However, there are not to many guys that are 6'3, 250 lbs. and can run 40-yds. in 4.5 secs. (that's world-class speed). What I just listed is the stats for the AVERAGE linebacker in the NFL. The elites are much bigger and faster. On top of this, the linebacker usually gets a 5-7 yard running start at you. 
As I said before, I'm not going to win this argument. Those from the UK will continue to believe that rugby is this and "American" football is that...blah, blah, blah. All macho bullshit. I played both at high levels and was more sore and banged up playing "American" football than rugby. Don't get me wrong, though, I was beat to shit after rugby matches. Especially, around the ears. 
posted by GP |
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tell that to martin johnson(6ft 8) of England and jonah lomu of new zealand(100metres in less than 11 seconds) [CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS PICTURE] [CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS PICTURE] posted by the anomaly |
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Anomaly, c'mon man. If you want, I'll start a topic and fill it w/pics of grid-irons that have world-class speed, size, and muscles coming out of their ears. What point would that serve. You still aren't going to respect American footballers. We're going to have to agree to disagree. You'll say they're this, you'll say they're that. Whatever excuse you want to "prove" rugby players are tougher than grid-irons. I'll then disagree and give some stat. You'll then come back w/something else. And I come back...blah, blah, blah. It's pointless. posted by GP |
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ive got a better idea PUT EM UP PUUTT EEMMM UUUPPP
posted by the anomaly |
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Now that's an idea... (puts up dukes) **PUNCH**Damn, bro. I was just kidding. You Scots sure are a surly bunch.
posted by GP |
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