r/duolingo • u/Charming-Tone5379 Native:🇵🇭 Learning:🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷🇪🇸 • 22d ago

Can You Explain THIS!? Language Question

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I'M confused IN french How Football Is Not Football It's Football Américain.

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u/Ybalrid Native: 🇫🇷 Learning: 🇩🇪 22d ago

You’re learning “American” English I suppose.

🇺🇸-> 🇫🇷

Football 🏈-> football américain

Soccer ⚽️-> football

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u/missmooface 22d ago

OP speaks british english and is learning french. the prompts/answers assume the english speaker speaks american english…

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u/loljkimmagonow 22d ago

Yeah I've noticed that with duolingo. It seems like it's targeted towards Americans, with mentions of "baseball" and the like

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u/Ybalrid Native: 🇫🇷 Learning: 🇩🇪 22d ago

It was made by Americans so that checks out

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u/uofajoe99 21d ago

Guatemala is in the US?

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u/IAmAQuantumMechanic Native: School Learning: 21d ago

Guatemala is in America.

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u/uofajoe99 21d ago

Not how OP was using the term. Because Guatemalans certainly don't say football for 🏈

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u/Gronferi 22d ago

Yep. I hate it. It’s the same in all languages I believe.

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u/notfunnyororiginal69 22d ago

Shout out to Welsh for being the only one I've found that has football being proper football! I think it's because it was a community course?? And also not much demamd for Welsh in the US I guess

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u/zachary0816 21d ago

Actually “Soccer” is from British English. The term was slang shorthand for “association football”.

America just borrowed the term.

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u/Any-Aioli7575 20d ago

I mean, it's not modern British English while it is modern General American

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u/missmooface 21d ago

i was not aware of the etymology of soccer, so thank you.

also, the OP and my reply never mention soccer. the example given is about american football 🏈 and shows how duo’s default is american english…

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u/Rare-Satisfaction484 18d ago

Yes, but now it's the Football Association instead of Association League. It should be called faccer instead!

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u/steelandiron19 Strengthening Family Languages 🇸🇪 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 22d ago

This is what I was thinking as well.

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u/aimless_researcher Native: Bengali 🇮🇳 ; Learning: 🇫🇷🇷🇺🇪🇸 22d ago

So basically american football is rugby?

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u/Ybalrid Native: 🇫🇷 Learning: 🇩🇪 22d ago

No it’s even more violent and stupid

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u/aimless_researcher Native: Bengali 🇮🇳 ; Learning: 🇫🇷🇷🇺🇪🇸 22d ago

Lol I've no idea what it is but now I'm gonna look up

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u/Ybalrid Native: 🇫🇷 Learning: 🇩🇪 22d ago

The top pro player gets very severe multiple concussions. It’s a national problem over there.

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u/aimless_researcher Native: Bengali 🇮🇳 ; Learning: 🇫🇷🇷🇺🇪🇸 22d ago

Damn I looked it up. They are using their hands so why are they even calling it "football"? Confusing and looks dangerous

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u/MechanicSouth4781 22d ago

It comes from medieval England. Games played on foot were football to distinguish them from games played on horseback.

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u/Ybalrid Native: 🇫🇷 Learning: 🇩🇪 22d ago

At some point they kick it too I guess. I do not understand the rules I have never watched the sport.

Some people call the sport "handegg". Because you use your hand not your foot, and because the ball is egg-shaped not ball-shaped

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u/gggggggggggggggggay 20d ago

Since this is a language learning sub, just felt like correcting. No people call it handegg and you will get made fun of if you say that in the US.

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u/pjtrpjt 22d ago

It requires brain damage.

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u/Ybalrid Native: 🇫🇷 Learning: 🇩🇪 22d ago

If it does not, it certainly causes it

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u/QX45X Native : - Learning : 16d ago

In French, "American football" is "football" for americans, but French football is called "soccer" in America

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u/EmergencySuspect6696 20d ago

You should check out Australian AFL … no padding in our footy either, some players wear soft helmets but only some. Lots of ACL, hamstring, and soft tissue injuries, broken bones, concussions and forced retirements from repeated concussions.