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Bulba the Curious
Bulba the Curious
Footballeon? That's a soccer ball! (I know it's called football in the UK, but it had to be said.)
Shiny Motley
Shiny Motley
My nickname of "football" was given to me by the UKers and other non-US members, hence the soccer ball XD
Bulba the Curious
Bulba the Curious
I love it, Football. :p
Shiny Motley
Shiny Motley
I love it too ♥ sounds more fitting than "soccer ball" for whatever reason too XD
StellarWind Elsydeon
StellarWind Elsydeon
Probably because it's actually ball-shaped and is kicked around with the foot, as opposed to egg-shaped and carried by hand like the thing you bloody yanks call 'football'. xP
FalChromiforme
FalChromiforme
Kyubeon is now a football in the most literal sense. Although it more be more entertaining to se her as a handegg . . .
Bulba the Curious
Bulba the Curious
Ummmmmm...
Jhan Garc
Jhan Garc
I like British more than North Americans.
StellarWind Elsydeon
StellarWind Elsydeon
It all gets even more moot when you realize 'soccer' is a shorthand form of 'association football' that actually /originated/ in the UK to distinguish football from rugby a long time ago - and fell into disuse anywhere except the US and Canada (primarily because of Gridiron Football/Handegg being so popular in the US for some inexplicable reason).
Bulba the Curious
Bulba the Curious
So...Soccer is Football, and Rugby was the original cause, and American Football is more recent and doesn't have much to with the situation. Mind. Blown.
StellarWind Elsydeon
StellarWind Elsydeon
And let's not even get started about Australian Football, Gaelic Football and all the other weirdass variations.
Bulba the Curious
Bulba the Curious
Wait, there are more? They're multiplying! We have to stop them!
StellarWind Elsydeon
StellarWind Elsydeon
Someone clearly got a kick out of it.
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