PugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
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minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days 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-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoBut America also has rugby leagues. Rugby is not a foreign concept to most Americans.
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoIf you hate the word handegg, then maybe call it American Rugby, instead of American Football
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoBut we don’t call it American football. We just call it football.
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.