Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?
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@Jaloopa University of Oklahoma. The juxtaposition joke was WRT this:
Imagine, if you will, Manchester United cupcakes next to Arsenal ones. (or a proper soccer rivalry, anyway, if that's not one.)
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@FrostCat said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
or a proper soccer rivalry, anyway, if that's not one
Might be. It's possible I know more about American football than I do about soccer.
Like a Google logo next to an Apple logo?
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@Jaloopa said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
Like a Google logo next to an Apple logo?
I'd've said an MS logo instead of a Google one, but yeah.
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@FrostCat said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
Manchester United cupcakes next to Arsenal ones.
one of these days i will have my dream come true of watching the globetrotters face off against the 49ers in a game of football (the proper one, not handegg) at wimbledon.
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@accalia said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
football
You mean association football, instead of the one that doesn't need or have a modifier?
How would someone so asportsic as you claim to be be able to even distinguish the two?
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@FrostCat said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
the one that doesn't need or have a modifier
Apart from American
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@FrostCat said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
How would someone so asportsic as you claim to be be able to even distinguish the two?
one has a ball that you kick with your foot. one has a weird egg shaped ball thing that you hold in your hand as you run down the field.
one is football the other is hand egg
is simple! and logical!
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@accalia said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
weird egg shaped ball thing
If it's "egg-shaped," which end is the big end and which is the little end? Huh???!?!?
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@HardwareGeek said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
@accalia said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
weird egg shaped ball thing
If it's "egg-shaped," which end is the big end and which is the little end? Huh???!?!?
well obviously the big end is the end they hold against the ground when they line up to give each other ceremonial concussions.
it's for better ballance when their head collide, see?
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@Jaloopa said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
Apart from American
Wikipedia:
"In the United States, American football is referred to as "football."[3] The term "football" was officially established in the rulebook for the 1876 college football season, when the sport first shifted from soccer-style rules to rugby-style rules"Interesting--I didn't know that, although it makes more sense than "some guy playing association football picked the ball up and the other players were so shocked they fell over and pretended to have hurt their legs so nobody stopped him". But it's right there in the same sentence: "the term football was officially established". Wikipedia says you're wrong. :p
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@accalia said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
one is football the other is hand egg
Except for all the times people kick the football, of course.
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@FrostCat said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
@accalia said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
one is football the other is hand egg
Except for all the times people kick the football, of course.
well yes, but the whole point of calling it handegg is to disambiguate it from football. if you want to call it kickball instead then we need to rename either it or kickball to disambiguate them.
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@accalia said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
but the whole point of calling it handegg is to disambiguate it from football.
Sorry, Wikipedia has spoken.
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@FrostCat said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
@accalia said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
but the whole point of calling it handegg is to disambiguate it from football.
Sorry, Wikipedia has spoken.
wookiepedia?!
where?! i havent caught one of those for my pocket monster index yet!
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@accalia It's not hard to find. Just google "football" and notice you don't get taken to the Wikipedia page for "Soccer".
Also what dipshit felt the need to insert the last sentence here?
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@FrostCat said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
@accalia It's not hard to find. Just google "football" and notice you don't get taken to the Wikipedia page for "Soccer".
Also what dipshit felt the need to insert the last sentence here?
whaaaaaaat?! next you're going to tell me that i can't replace the plastic and carbon fiber car bodies in the Indy500 with ones made of powdered aluminum and ammonium perchlorate with an elastomer binder.
why must you always rain on my ever so slightly insane parade?
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@FrostCat said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
In the United States
You seem to be ignoring this. In the uk, soccer is known as football. That doesn't mean it doesn't need disambiguation in some contexts. Despite what you and your countrymen think, some contexts don't involve America, and in those situations your sport needs a clarifier
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@FrostCat said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
@accalia It's not hard to find. Just google "football" and notice you don't get taken to the Wikipedia page for "Soccer".
Well, it's not the wikipedia page, but still...
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@accalia said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
next you're going to tell me that i can't replace the plastic and carbon fiber car bodies in the Indy500 with ones made of powdered aluminum and ammonium perchlorate with an elastomer binder.
On the contrary. I would find that highly entertaining.
@accalia said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
why must you always rain on my ever so slightly insane parade?
For the lulz?
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@Jaloopa said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
You seem to be ignoring [context].
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@PleegWat How do you think I got to Wikipedia? Same way you did, but it didn't take me to "oh no my leg"ball.
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@FrostCat because 'murica. In every other place it goes to the correct place.
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@Jarry I like to think that only we get the right link.
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@FrostCat why are you so angry with football?
USA only lost for 4 goals last time!
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@Jarry said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
why are you so angry with football?
I'm not! I just think soccer is a silly sport.
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@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@Jarry said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
why are you so angry with football?
I'm not! I just think soccer is a silly sport.
???
Oh, you mean the one with balls...
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@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
Just google "football" and notice you don't get taken to the Wikipedia page for "Soccer".
No, I get what @PleegWat posted, plus a bunch of Canberra soccer stuff. I guess Google knows where I live.
But speaking of Wikipedia, what do you get if you search "football" there?
TLDR: You're wrong, silly seppo.
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@another_sam said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
TLDR: You're wrong, silly seppo.
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word football is understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears.
You should read what you quote so you don't sound stupid when it says the opposite of what you do.
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@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
You should read what you quote so you don't sound stupid when it says the opposite of what you do.
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@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
Unqualified, the word football is understood to
refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears.be ambiguous in meaningFTFY
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@accalia said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
Unqualified, the word football is understood to
refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears.be ambiguous in meaningFTFY
Nonsense. Unless you're some weirdo American who affects Britishism, "football" means "American football" if you're in America.
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@Jaloopa said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
You seem to be ignoring this. In the uk, soccer is known as football.
Fooutball, surely?
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@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@accalia said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
Unqualified, the word football is understood to
refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears.be ambiguous in meaningFTFY
some weirdo American
o/
but don't worry, i'm mostly harmless.
@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
if you're in America.
i'm on the internet. the internet has no nation states.
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@accalia said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
i'm on the internet.
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@accalia said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@accalia said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
Unqualified, the word football is understood to
refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears.be ambiguous in meaningFTFY
some weirdo American
o/
but don't worry, i'm mostly harmless.
@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
if you're in America.
i'm on the internet. the internet has no nation states.
Certain states would like to contend the difference.
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@Jaloopa said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@FrostCat said in πThe cupcake thread of celebrations.:
In the United States
You seem to be ignoring this. In the uk, soccer is known as football. That doesn't mean it doesn't need disambiguation in some contexts. Despite what you and your countrymen think, some contexts don't involve America, and in those situations your sport needs a clarifier
Football has one name. Association football is also called soccer. So if you call it soccer, there's no ambiguity. Easier than coming up with a new name for football-football.
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@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
Just google "football"
All I learned is that the NFL pays Google advertisement for that term. Google thinks I want soccer. GIS is confused but first result is a soccer ball. Next up is the BBC and the Belgian National League. Then there is Wikipedia article about Football that handles Soccer, Handegg and Rugby ... so I'm calling any real conclusion .
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TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_football
From now on, I will disambiguate by assuming that "football" means that one.
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@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@accalia said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@FrostCat said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
Unqualified, the word football is understood to
refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears.be ambiguous in meaningFTFY
Nonsense. Unless you're some weirdo American who affects Britishism, "football" means "American football" if you're in America.
Well, we are in New England, so...
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@error said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
American Football has one name
@error said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
. So if you call it soccer, there's no ambiguity
Extending this logic, if you call it American Football there's no ambiguity
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@Jaloopa said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@error said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
American Football has one name
@error said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
. So if you call it soccer, there's no ambiguity
Extending this logic, if you call it American Football there's no ambiguity
if that were the phrasing in common usage then yes, there would be no ambiguity.... but that's not the case, is it?
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@accalia said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
if that were the phrasing in common usage
It is. There's football and there's American football
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@Jaloopa said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
@accalia said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
if that were the phrasing in common usage
It is. There's football and there's American football
i've literally never heard someone other than me say "American football" in casual conversation, they always say "football" and assume i know which one they are talking about. things have gotten to the point where i'm not sure which teams play which version of the sport.
the green bay packers play the one with the round ball and the nets, right?
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@accalia said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
i've literally never heard someone other than me say "American football" in casual conversation
because you live in the wrong country. Anyone here using Football to mean American Football is asking for confusion
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@Jaloopa said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
Anyone here using Football to mean American Football is asking for confusion
MY POINT EXACTLY!
that's why it should be renamed handegg.
that eliminates all confusion ever.
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@accalia but then what would we call rugby?
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@Dragnslcr said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
we are in New England
Are we? It still looks like
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@Jaloopa said in Uh, I think there are some foots... and uh... perchance a balls?:
what would we call rugby
English American Football