tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27402239.post719917336642988162..comments2023-09-26T03:08:27.420-07:00Comments on Simple Game of Soccer: LA/Chelsea: Yea, I Saw the Beast, Its Seven Heads Waving...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27402239.post-69233340728203940462007-04-11T09:19:00.000-07:002007-04-11T09:19:00.000-07:00Hey - we don't mispronounce Aluminum...we SPELL it...Hey - we don't mispronounce Aluminum...we SPELL it differently and since Sir Humphry Davy (the discoverer of said metal) created both the name Aluminum and Aluminium (as well as initially Alumium) - I guess we're both right. It's just that the US adopted one and the UK, the other.<BR/><BR/>But what's all this to do with football (the game played with a BALL that's kicked with the FOOT)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27402239.post-12201709542674285952007-03-09T10:12:00.000-08:002007-03-09T10:12:00.000-08:00Seeing as "soccer" derives from "Association footb...Seeing as "soccer" derives from "Association football," it seems like a pretty fair name for the sport. Besides, all y'all mispronounce "aluminum" and misspell "center" and so on. But, hey, you're generally better about saying "butter" correctly.<BR/><BR/>I don't care who does or does not take U.S. soccer (ah! there's that word again!) seriously; it's what happens on the field that counts and that will be what it will.<BR/><BR/>On the Galaxy's name, ah....there I have no defense...The Manly Ferryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781284717499002494noreply@blogger.com