By jollyrodger - 9 Jun 2010 1:42 PM
How could they ever have got a WC with an attitude like that? :-"
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By jollyrodger - 9 Jun 2010 11:23 PM
Places they refer to the game as soccer （or translations of）.
United States,
Canada,
Japan (サーカー）,
Phillipines,
Australia,
New Zealand,
South Africa,
Ireland,
Non English countries who use a different word loosely translating to Football:
Germany: Fußball (They use the English word "Football" to describe their Gridiron league)
Holland: voetbal
Norway: fotball
Sweden: fotboll
Denmark: fodbold
Serbia: fudbal
Greece: ποδόσφαιρο (podosphero), from the words πόδι (podi) meaning "foot", and σφαίρα (sphera) meaning "sphere" or "ball".
Georgia: pekhburti (foot and Ball)
Turkey: futbol
China: 足球 (foot ball)
Countries with their own word translated into something else:
Iceland: knattspyrna (knatt- = ball- and spyrna = kicking)
Czech Republic: kopaná (meaning kicking)
Hungary: labdarúgás (meaning ball-kicking)
Italy: calcio (translates as kick), from calciare meaning to kick
Croatia: nogomet ('translates as sweeping the ball using legs')
Vietnam: bóng đá (Kicking Ball)
Malaysia: bola sepak (Ball Kick)
Indonesia: sepak bola (Kick Ball)
There are others, but as we can see, only countries that speak English actually call it "Football" although many translations mean the same.
There are plenty that call it soccer or derivitives and others call it neither of the two.
In conclusion, it depends on what language the country you are in predominately that dominates usage of a particular word to describe the game. There are also many translations that relate to kicking or ball kick etc that are used over the world.
None of these words has any affect on the rules, how it is played, how popular it is or peoples love of the game.
If you beleive you are a "purist" and wish to call it "Football" because you are Anglo-centric in attitude (apologies to the English born), then please go ahead, but please do not force others to do the same.
I really like the game soccer, as I have always known it, loved it and will continue to see it as in Australia.
Edited by jollyrodger: 9/6/2010 11:29:30 PM
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