An Open Letter To All Americans

[pevergreen]

whats a bloody LIMEY?

Brit?

I could be wrong, but during the lovely british empire sailing days, limes to stave off scurvy, hence limey.

Yeah PI, because a sport that you only use your feet in and focuses on a ball is not football.

You need a simple way to say the difference.

Here, football could mean a number of things, so we keep it simple

Union: Rugby Union
League: Rugby League
AFL: Aussie Rules
Grid Iron: American Football (aka: pansies )
Gaelic Football: obvious
Football: soccer

this, of course, depends on the circle of people, if you only talk about league, then that will be football. But in a big group...