http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/your-views/2008/11/12/should-nz-herald-use-term-soccer-or-football/?c_id=1501154
get into it you eloquent lot.
get into it you eloquent lot.
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In the United States and Australia it is called 'soccer'.
Im pretty sure in australia its called football.As far as i know it is only America that calls it 'soccer'
Allegedly
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its an interesting arguement, from what I understand FIFA - call it football and therefore this is the gloabally accepted name, the yanks use soccer - I guess cos they call NFKL - football.
According to Wikipedia the term "soccer" arose in England c 1880 as a slang version for Association Football.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Over it.
As long as people are talking about the game I don't care which one they use.
As long as people are talking about the game I don't care which one they use.
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In the United States and Australia it is called 'soccer'.
Im pretty sure in australia its called football.
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As far as i know it is only America that calls it 'soccer'
Football in Australia = Aussie Rules. It's Soccer there (in popular usage - not the FFA). Probably in parts of Asia as well.
But, like HN, I don't care what it's called...
yomcat2008-11-13 09:41:25
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I'm with News - don't care.
Also don't care what some Auckland paper prints on it's fish and chip wrappers.
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I'm with News - don't care.
Also don't care what some Auckland paper prints on it's fish and chip wrappers.
so over it-funny thing is i repeatedly saw it called Soccer in the UK, esp. in tabloids where they'd use sibilance in headlines:
eg
"Soccer Star in Sex Crime Shocker"
Salmon swim upstream
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Football in Victoria = Aussie Rules.
Football in NSW = Rugby League
Fixed
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