Well, honestly, some people probably get it right away, and of people who don’t, most probably don’t express confusion because they don’t care very much. I have encountered plenty of people in my life who said something weird that I never asked about because I didn’t care. And if it were said with any sort of tone that seemed to be inviting comment, I might be even less inclined to ask. I don’t really like being trolled in real life.
As for the ambiguity of the term, I’ve never had an American wonder what I meant by “football” and I’ve never had a non-American wonder what I meant by “American football.” I like using the terms people know and also use, rather than parsing their apparent meaning. Life’s too shot to try to make English some sort o logical language. That way lies madness and bad “driving on a parkway” jokes.
You think the ambiguity of “football” is not easy to overcome? I mean, outside of the dope where people seem to be claiming they don’t know what sports are?
Bullshit. He was doubling down on what is perhaps the most ludicrous argument I’ve seen on this board from a non-truther. I was pointing out that there is ambiguity in all sorts of names, and trying to use that to justify a 3rd grade perjorative is the height of absurdity.
Well, we’re between periods so I’ll ask in return:
How on earth is calling it something other than what you like me to call it a pejorative? If you called my beloved hockey pucky-puck, I could care less. I might ask what you meant, and smirk when you said it afterward, but I’d be an idiot if I was insulted.
Where did I claim that hand-egg isn’t absurd? A) It’s a sport. B) It’s poorly named. C) People still understand my dumb-ass name.
No, there is not a single other person around who isn’t interested in the Superbowl. Not one.
And before you ask, there are NO other people who hate Facebook, don’t understand Twitter, don’t know who the Kardarshians are, and can’t understand why anyone would want a smartphone. None.
No, I’d honestly like to know how making up names for a sport you like is somehow pejorative when it’s not insulting. For contrast, I can make up a few actual ones if you like, even if I don’t believe in them. Here’s a couple. They took much less than two minutes to consider.
Steroid-fuled land behemoths grunting and pushing.
Millionaire Fucktards.
If I actually used those to refer to the sport, I’d understand others taking offense. Until I do, grow an epidermis.
It’s obvious how much you “like” this sport. And you can keep calling me thin-skinned all you like, but it’s perfectly clear that you want us all to be offended much more than we actually are.
No, I’d actually prefer you to be wise enough that you weren’t offended at all, but you can’t please everyone. Don’t worry about pleasing me on this subject.