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Originally posted by GypsyLife
What does that have to do with being pretentious at all?
Is it a fact or not that the rest of the world calls it football, since you know you play the ball with the foot?
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The ignorance. It's called football because it was played on foot, as opposed to the rich sports that were played on horses. Same reason why "rugby" is called "rugby football." And no, it's not a fact. The word soccer originated in England (as
sociation football) to differentiate it from rugby football. They stopped calling it soccer and referred to it as football when it became the most popular sport. Countries where rugby is the most popular sport is where it's known as football (USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, and many parts of SA and Ireland). You're welcome for the lesson.
As Netherlands' Queen illuminated us today 
ugly?
