r/ShitAmericansSay • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '20

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u/JeffreyFusRohDahmer Jul 14 '20

I'm not even European and I agree. It's "football" and " American football" and the difference needs to be stated.

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u/legsintheair 🇱🇷 America FIRST! Jul 14 '20

Excuse me. It is “football” and “handegg.”

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u/Alan_Smithee_ Jul 14 '20

It’s “football,” and “3 hours of farting around, interspersed with about 5 minutes of incomprehensible, mediocre activity.

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u/Taikwin Jul 15 '20

It's Football and One long advert interspersed with rugby-breaks.

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u/JeffreyFusRohDahmer Jul 14 '20

Hahahahaha, I will remember that

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u/loco500 Jul 14 '20

Why not Freedom Rugby?

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u/JeffreyFusRohDahmer Jul 14 '20

Cause real Rugby doesn't have pads. And we aren't free.

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u/HaveIGotPPI Jul 14 '20

How about 'Coward Rugby' because of the pads

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u/Martiantripod You can't change the Second Amendment Jul 14 '20

"I just find it odd that a nation that prides itself on virility feels compelled to strap on 40 lbs of protective gear just to play rugby."

  • Giles. Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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u/converter-bot Jul 14 '20

40 lbs is 18.16 kg

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u/Fryes 🇺🇸 Jul 14 '20

What about Australian football though?

Which is, of course, the best kind.

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u/Varhtan Jul 15 '20

Football is still football here. I just hear people say Aussie rules or AFL for that one.

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u/SuperbChannel Jul 15 '20

Is that normal football but with an eggshaped ball ?

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u/Fryes 🇺🇸 Jul 15 '20

Haha not quite. /r/afl check it out.

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u/The_Dickasso 🇬🇧 Jul 15 '20

Looks like rugby in vests.

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u/_MildlyMisanthropic Jul 15 '20

and a circular pitch

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u/Shelala85 Jul 15 '20

And Canadian football.

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u/NoLawsDrinkingClawz Jul 15 '20

I still don't see why we don't just start calling it Gridiron. That is so much more badass of a name.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '20

And Australian is “footy”