"And while we’re on the subject, why do the Americans insist on calling it “soccer”? Why do they have such a problem calling it “football?” It’s a game played with a ball that is struck with the foot, hence foot ball.
Are you following this, America? The clue is in the title; it’s not that difficult. Whereas “American football,” as they call it, is a game where an object that’s not really a ball at all, it’s the wrong shape for a ball*, is carried around by hand and occasionally thrown for other people to catch in their hands, you see. Only one person in each team is actually allowed to kick the ball and they have to be specially brought onto the field to do it. I suppose in its own way that is a form of creativity; it’s quite a creative use of language, you know saying one thing and meaning something completely different." - John Cleese
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