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[Franko]

Just remembered another wee song we used to sing...

this one's sung to the theme tune of auld Lizzie (Ie: God Save The Queen)...

Gawd bless my Auntie Jean
She lives in Aberdeen
Gawd Bless her soul

Pokie Hat between four aeh us
Thank gawd there's neigh more aeh us
Gawd bless her soul

[motrucker]

I'm in too.

[Fraggle1]

@ Franko

Ca' it whit ye want, but it's no English, rat's fae sure ! Ye ony ca' it 'English' cuz yon b*****d Butcher Cumberland to'd yiz ye hudnae tae speak ra gaelic patter. Anyhoo, he's deid noo, so he can stick it up his bahoochie. :-)

[ptek]

Yes, you win free stuff.

The End

OK, done.

[GobanToba]

Football is the original and only proper name for the game (generally you use your feet to kick the ball)...  

Soccer is a made up word by you lot over the pond

Ah no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football

See the section: "Etymology"
QUOTE:
The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford "-er" abbreviation of the word "association".

:rtfm:

[GobanToba]

Football is the original and only proper name for the game (generally you use your feet to kick the ball)...  

Soccer is a made up word by you lot over the pond

Ah no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football

See the section: "Etymology"
QUOTE:
The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford "-er" abbreviation of the word "association".

:rtfm:

[XDelusion]

Now I too am a cheap ass!

[kolla]

Scots is to English what Bavarian (or Yiddish, or Schwyzerdütsch) is to German, only the Scots are much more uptight about it being not English

As a Norwegian I often find Scots easier to comprehend than Queens English, there's many Scandinavian words in use and the pronounciation is in general closer to what we're used to. To read it can be tricky though, almost have to read it out loud to hear what's being written.

[persia]

Therer are a lot of football codes.  Usually a country has only one football code that becomes popular and gets the moniker football.  Common codes are: Soccer, Rugby League, Rugby Union (my favourite, but it almost never gets called "football"), AFL, Celtic rules and Gridiron...

Ah no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football

See the section: "Etymology"
QUOTE:
The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford "-er" abbreviation of the word "association".

:rtfm:

[Franko]

Ah no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football

See the section: "Etymology"
QUOTE:
The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford "-er" abbreviation of the word "association".

:rtfm:

Ok, so it was the English who first came up with the term "Soccer" (trust them to f it up...) :rolleyes:

The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford "-er" abbreviation of the word "association"

Don't see how you can abbreviate the word "Association" into "Soccer"... (Ruddy English, can't even get their own language right...) :rolleyes:

but you missed my point entirely, it's not called "Soccer" by any of the governing bodies and not used by 99% of the fans...

FIFA =

The International Federation of Association Football (French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association), commonly known by the acronym FIFA (usual English pronunciation: /ˈfiːfə/), is the international governing body of association football,

The Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by the Football Association in 1863, and have changed significantly since that time. Association football is governed internationally by FIFA, which organises the FIFA World Cup every four years

[kedawa]

I wonder why that Amiga game wasn't called Sensible Football.

[GobanToba]

but you missed my point entirely,

No, I was just pointing out that we American's always get blamed for creating and using the word soccer.  The rest of the world think we are crazy.  And it's wasn't even us!  It's your bloody island sharing English cousins over there!  :rolleyes:

:laughing: