• CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      But you could, and it would certainly be less confusing than insisting on using the overloaded term “football.” Soccer is a grand old European term.

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        18 hours ago

        There is football and there is american football. Nothing confusing about it.

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          14 hours ago

          I have talked about the Sounders when I was supposed to be talking Seahawks and vice versa more times than I can count, so I’m not sure where you’re getting this “it’s not confusing” business from. The announcement of the community has to include a disclaimer so people don’t get confused. It’s very confusing and I see it confuse people constantly.

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          21 hours ago

          I feel like you think that’s some kind of crazy own, but manifestly yes, that is correct. I don’t chat politics much, so that one doesn’t bother me as much, but I do talk a lot of soccer…