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[bloodyrosemccoy]

sunshine_shaman: Stupid word confusion. Why did we decide to call American football “football,” anyway? It just winds up confounding the World Cup.

ME: Because calling it “Homoerotic Man-Pile” just doesn’t sound quite like what they’re going for.

MOM: And we wonder how come your dad gets depressed when your brother isn’t home.

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FAMILY: Blah blah blah comments about Shakespeare blah blah.

AMELIA: I just realized something! Shakespeare would mess with grammar and make up words with wild abandon, right? He was the Elizabethan version of Strong Bad!

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Comments

[narnian-dreamer.livejournal.com]

I read somewhere that there's actually some debate about which sport took the "football" name first. Sports history is always really tough because the games start at the amateur level with no one writing them down, but there's some evidence implying that American football was being called "football" before soccer was being called "football." But I think soccer was the first to call itself "football" at the professional level...? Maybe?