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Cristo Rei

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This is just a fun thread identifying the differences between the two...

I specifically had language in mind but you could compare heaps of things.

Like football... Who has the real football??? I have to say the Poms... You Yanks never even kick the ball so u have no claim to football...
It should be call Throw ball... LoL:p

In Australia we have AFL. The play the ball with their feet about 50% of the time and 50% with their hands...
It should be called Foot & Handball...:p

How about these words... Define
Jelly
Jello
Jam
o_O
 

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Ohhh good thread @Cristo Rei. My comparison will be between NZ and America because although we have been part of the British Commonwealth. Our country has moved away from a lot of our former colonial British customs and mannerisms.

Americans: Jelly Kiwi's: Jam
Flip flops Jandals
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This is just a fun thread identifying the differences between the two...

I specifically had language in mind but you could compare heaps of things.

Like football... Who has the real football??? I have to say the Poms... You Yanks never even kick the ball so u have no claim to football...
It should be call Throw ball... LoL:p

In Australia we have AFL. The play the ball with their feet about 50% of the time and 50% with their hands...
It should be called Foot & Handball...:p

How about these words... Define
Jelly
Jello
Jam
o_O

Truth be known, I always thought soccer had the rightful claim to the name "futbol." Trouble is, I'm not sure their sport is rightly named either. I always thought maybe it should be named Cranium Ball...

(or Concussion Ball?)

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This is just a fun thread identifying the differences between the two...

I specifically had language in mind but you could compare heaps of things.

Like football... Who has the real football??? I have to say the Poms... You Yanks never even kick the ball so u have no claim to football...
It should be call Throw ball... LoL:p

In Australia we have AFL. The play the ball with their feet about 50% of the time and 50% with their hands...
It should be called Foot & Handball...:p

How about these words... Define
Jelly
Jello
Jam
o_O

@Angelina might say rugby union is the real football...


For me though, I have always known AFL as football.

And I sometimes might call the round ball variety football, but I also call it soccer and it's also widely known as soccer in Australia.

And I just call NFL American Football. :p
 
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@Angelina might say rugby union is the real football...


For me though, I have always known AFL as football.

And I sometimes might call the round ball variety football, but I also call it soccer and it's also widely known as soccer in Australia.

And I just call NFL American Football. :p

Oh and don't forget about Gaelic football. That is also played with a round ball and is a mix of using hands and feet as well...

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Truth be known, I always thought soccer had the rightful claim to the name "futbol."

Well it was invented in England as football... European countries spell it like that, futebol...
Its more dangerous than we realize...

What happens when one player tries to kick the ball while another tries to head it...
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This can happen.. Not fun
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But the worse injury in football comes from the illegal stomp tackle... Nasty...
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Really really nasty
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But i remember when i was a kid hearing about these jelly sandwiches... I was like eeeewwww yukkk... Ive always hated jelly...

Then i learnt that what Americans call jelly, we call jam...
Then there is jello, what the hell is jello... Its what we call jelly...
Hehehe
 
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Ah what about Pies..... There is many differences with pies, who has the right pie? :p

A pie in the UK
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A pie in the USA
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And the 3 varieties of pies in Australia
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True true... Newcastle united are also known as the pies i think in England
 
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