# BBC America

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 8, 2003, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955 "2003-08-08T09:04:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955/21 "2003-08-09T23:51:12Z")

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Indeed! And its football! not soccer!

Just wondering, but how did american football (rugby football I believe its called in the UK occasionally) a game played mostly with hands become known as Football? where as Soccer, a game played almost entirely with feet (and a ball, not a funny eggish shaped object) became, well, not football

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**Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955/22 "2003-08-09T23:52:09Z")

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Because thats the americans for ya

- Soul :s:

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**Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955/23 "2003-08-09T23:54:20Z")

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They call if foot ball because the ball is a foot long

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955/24 "2003-08-10T00:12:49Z")

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An american football is the only ball that is “long”.

Also goes back to my point of being the only ones who still use the imperial system (for something other than estimating)

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955/25 "2003-08-10T00:56:08Z")

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> american football (rugby football I believe its called in the UK occasionally)

rugby is a whole different ball game. it _is_ played with an oval ball and mainly with the hands, but doesn’t involve silly padding, helmets or cheerleaders, just big men hurting each other.

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955/26 "2003-08-10T01:02:37Z")

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i know, but I have heard some brits refer to it as rugby-football. I don’t think they still do anymore though.

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955/27 "2003-08-10T01:21:12Z")

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yeah, it’s proper name is rugby-football, but it’s commonly referred to as rugby, American football is always referred to as American football.

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955/28 "2003-08-10T01:27:56Z")

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Yes it is a name game, we won’t get into the debate of which sport requires more athleticism (sp?). Well it’s not really a debate.

P.S. People born in the UK… Is it a conscience thing to know have a you are a higher level of cool, or is it something that just pleasantly surprises you from time to time?

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbc-america/27955/29 "2003-08-10T09:39:18Z")

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It’s genetic. :sure:

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