Why American Football is called "Football."

[Angharrad]

A bar near my apartment shows rugby games.


I like hockey.

You must have been in heaven today.

Yeah my team won.

[Jim]

I wish that I could see more Aussy Football.

[Mikey]

That explanation sounds bogus. I'd guess that our sport is called "football" simply because in origin, in the mid-19th century, it was precious little different from what's now known as rugby or Oz-rules football. The differences we see in the modern games arose well after the name was established.

Besides, we won that little insurrection in the late 1700's. We could name a sport "Your Mom's Hairy Ass" if we wanted, but:
a) the name's already taken by a picnic game, and
b) the etymology would be just about a bitch to explain.

[Captain Seafort]

Besides, we won that little insurrection in the late 1700's.

And we won both a) the final battle and b) the rematch thirty years later.

[Mikey]

Besides, we won that little insurrection in the late 1700's.

And we won both a) the final battle and b) the rematch thirty years later.

Funny, be that as it may I still haven't seen any Union Jacks flying over any of our government buildings, nor any pictures of HM on our folding money.

[McAvoy]

Nor put the letter u in a bunch of words... or drive on the wrong side of the road.

[stitch626]

Nor put the letter u in a bunch of words... or drive on the wrong side of the road.

No, we drive on the right side of the road, quite literally.

Also, those u's are unnecessary and less efficient. Then again... we now have txt language so I guess who dropped what letters doesn't matter much.

[Angharrad]

Nor put the letter u in a bunch of words... or drive on the wrong side of the road.

No, we drive on the right side of the road, quite literally.

Also, those u's are unnecessary and less efficient. Then again... we now have txt language so I guess who dropped what letters doesn't matter much.

LOL ICWYD

[Captain Seafort]

Also, those u's are unnecessary and less efficient.

More elegant though.

[McAvoy]

Elegant? What's elegant about armour over armor?

[Mikey]

Also, those u's are unnecessary and less efficient.

More elegant though.

Simplicity has a beauty all its own. More baroque =/= more elegant.

[Praeothmin]

Elegant? What's elegant about armour over armor?

That with that much armour/armor, you're less likely to die?

[Jim]

Elegant? What's elegant about armour over armor?

That with that much armour/armor, you're less likely to die?

Doesn't matter how you spell it... we pronounce it as if it had an "e" anyway: armer

[Mikey]

That's just a trick of the fact that "e" isn't an r-controlled vowel, while "o" is.

[McAvoy]

The English language. The language that seems like it was created during a night of heavy drinking.