Best sport ?

Originally posted by Ragnorak
It is strange. Like, I'm sure you wouldn't be upset if I referred to your sport as "stickball".

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Is that Baseball or Hockey? 😕

Originally posted by Ragnorak
And in Ireland, it is soccer, the gaelic is "sacar".

Telling an Irish man that he is wrong to call soccer soccer is like telling a German that calling it Fussball is wrong. "IT'S FOOTBALL!"

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Fussbal is German for Football not "Sacar".

http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/index.html

check it out. What FIFA stands for and when it was established.

http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/TheOrganisation/Postings/2004/03/HISTORY_OF_THE_FA.htm

And the F.A's Version.

Ugggh. I'm just so sick of these arguments.

Props to Rags and Daemon Sin for making intelligent comments.

Best solo sport = Golf.

Originally posted by Red Night
Ugggh. I'm just so sick of these arguments.

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Best solo spot = Golf.

Too right. Anyway, surely it's "footy".

For best solo sport - are we talking to play or to watch? To watch, I'd probably say tennis.

Originally posted by Red Night
Ugggh. I'm just so sick of these arguments.

Props to Rags and Daemon Sin for making intelligent comments.

Best solo spot = Golf.

Don't get involved then.

Originally posted by mtthw
Too right. Anyway, surely it's "footy".

For best solo sport - are we talking to play or to watch? To watch, I'd probably say tennis.

I prefer golf, but Tennis is a good choice also. (The original poster suggested rock climbing.)

One of the categories was "best bat." 🙄

I'm thinking that my choices were baseball, cricket, and badminton?

Originally posted by Red Night
I prefer golf, but Tennis is a good choice also. (The original poster suggested rock climbing.)

One of the categories was "best bat." 🙄

I'm thinking that my choices were baseball, cricket, and badminton?

Badminton uses a Racquet.

Originally posted by Virtue76
Fussbal is German for Football not "Sacar".

What part of "the gaelic is "sacar"" don't you understand?

A lot of things can be referred to by two names. Do you tell everybody who refers to a "sarnie", "No, you are wrong. It's actually a sandwich. I know perfectly well what you are referring to, but here is a link to the history of the sandwich, and where the name came from."

Everybody in the world knows what sport you are referring to when you say soccer. By using Football, you could be referring to American football, Ozzie Rules, Gaelic Football, Rugby League or Rugby Union.

Seriously, why do the English have such a problem with this particular colloquialism?

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Originally posted by darvlay
Is that Baseball or Hockey? 😕

Baseball is "Swingball"! 🙄

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Originally posted by Ragnorak
What part of "the gaelic is "sacar"" don't you understand?

A lot of things can be referred to by two names. Do you tell everybody who refers to a "sarnie", "No, you are wrong. It's actually a sandwich. I know perfectly well what you are referring to, but here is a link to the history of the sandwich, and where the name came from."

Everybody in the ...[text shortened]... ously, why do the English have such a problem with this particular colloquialism?

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Just pulling your plonker. Every now and then I like to push my 'English is superiour race' card. 🙂

Originally posted by Virtue76
Badminton uses a Racquet.

It is sometimes called a bat.

And I forgot table tennis where the paddle is also sometimes called a bat.

Seriously, people have a real hang up against the English.

Originally posted by Red Night
It is sometimes called a bat.

And I forgot table tennis where the paddle is also sometimes called a bat.

When has a Badminton racquet ever been called a bat?

Originally posted by Virtue76
When has a Badminton racquet ever been called a bat?

google it.