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"delzep":3r14cpvk wrote: its not in conversational speech but its still rugby football technically[/quote:3r14cpvk]And Bud's technically a beer, but guess what...

"TheBeerNut":3uy6s350 wrote:

"delzep":3uy6s350 wrote: its not in conversational speech but its still rugby football technically[/quote:3uy6s350]And Bud's technically a beer, but guess what...[/quote:3uy6s350]

Thanks for getting us vaguely back on topic.

"TheBeerNut":1c6tvhfj wrote:

"delzep":1c6tvhfj wrote: soccer is an abbreviation of Association Football. The abbreviation was to distiguish it from Rugby Football[/quote:1c6tvhfj]I am aware of that. However, the use of the term "football" to refer to rugby, or a rugby ball, has fallen out of use, I think.[/quote:1c6tvhfj]
Pretty much all clubs I can think of use the term RFC - Rugby Football Club -e.g Wanders RFC, Old Wesley RFC, Suttonians RFC etc, also as pointed out IRFU and in England, the RFU. "Rugby Football" is the official term I believe.
To be fair though I don't think I have ever referred to the oval shaped thing we chase around the pitch as a rugby football - simply a ball, or perhaps a Rugby Ball if in the the context it was likely to be confused with a roundy shaped ball. But I have always explicitly called the ball used for soccer, a soccer ball for some reason. Likewise I have always used the term 'football' for the ball that Gaelic Football players use.

"TheBeerNut":1c6tvhfj wrote: Plenty of rugby in Argentina.[/quote:1c6tvhfj]Well not really plenty to be fair - it's still an incredibly minority sport over there, the main reason that they did so well is almost all of the players in the WC squad play their rugby in Europe. The amount of difficulty I had finding the Pumas Jersey was surprising, given their success in the WC.

Anyway, back on topic. Somehow. Erm anyone tried that Brains beer that the Welsh Rugby Football Team have on their shirts?

"kenmc":1x7lgiie wrote: But I have always explicitly called the ball used for soccer, a soccer ball for some reason. [/quote:1x7lgiie]

Any country that has it's own 'variation' on football, eg American Football, Gaelic Football, Australian thuggery, tend to use soccer to distinguish Association Football from their own games (not sure I'd class it as an abbreviation though). But calling it a soccer ball is an Americanisation too far for me (no offence to Ramfan).


Anyway, Reverend James - I enjoyed a couple of pints of this with lunch in a lovely, remote seaside pub when I was in Wales two years ago. Man it packs a punch.
*me trying to get in with the MODs again*