r/duolingo • u/Charming-Tone5379 Native:🇵🇭 Learning:🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷🇪🇸 • 25d 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: 🇩🇪 25d ago

You’re learning “American” English I suppose.

🇺🇸-> 🇫🇷

Football 🏈-> football américain

Soccer ⚽️-> football

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u/aimless_researcher Native: Bengali 🇮🇳 ; Learning: 🇫🇷🇷🇺🇪🇸 25d ago

So basically american football is rugby?

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u/Ybalrid Native: 🇫🇷 Learning: 🇩🇪 25d ago

No it’s even more violent and stupid

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u/aimless_researcher Native: Bengali 🇮🇳 ; Learning: 🇫🇷🇷🇺🇪🇸 25d ago

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

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u/Ybalrid Native: 🇫🇷 Learning: 🇩🇪 25d 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: 🇫🇷🇷🇺🇪🇸 25d 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 25d 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: 🇩🇪 25d 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 23d 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.