PugJesus@lemmy.world to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down15
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minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoBut then what would they call rugby which is also played with a prolate spheroid called a “ball” which can be carried in the hand or kicked? Canadian and American football are descendants of rugby.
minus-squarengdev@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoprobably just keep calling it rugby
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoBut America also has rugby leagues. Rugby is not a foreign concept to most Americans.
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIf you hate the word handegg, then maybe call it American Rugby, instead of American Football
Call it handegg
But then what would they call rugby which is also played with a prolate spheroid called a “ball” which can be carried in the hand or kicked?
Canadian and American football are descendants of rugby.
probably just keep calling it rugby
But America also has rugby leagues. Rugby is not a foreign concept to most Americans.
If you hate the word handegg, then maybe call it American Rugby, instead of American Football