There was a discussion, and my wife and I both agreed that it should be pronounced FIFE-ah, or maybe even FIF-ah, but under no circumstances should it ever be pronounced FEEF-ah, and yet that is precisely how all the TV announcers pronounce it which is yet even more conclusive evidence that we all live in a horrible, wicked, evil, corrupt and unjust world.
The Brit announcer (hey, he could be Irish or from some other blighted isle) pronounces it "FEE fer".
When I first saw the acronym I pronounced it "Fie fuh".
The reason I even hear any of this garbage is because I turn on the radio when I am in the shop. Got to hear the guy from Blighty say "Coster Ricker" in the early rounds. I think he was referring to a central American country.
Had the great misfortune of hearing a nominal American call in to berate the radio coverage of football. Dude, you are kidding, right? Football is very thoroughly covered in this country. It's that pretend sport, the one beloved by Commies and 8th worlders that is not covered. Because it sucks.
Sucker - perhaps that the correct pronunciation of the name of that "sport". Pardon me while I go flop.
Sixty, though we Americans don't get it, it is a rigorous, intricate sport. All that running with no half-times, etc. I feel we are really missing something when the rest of the world is so bonkers over it.
Those towel wringers take me back to the Mens' dressing areas at Jones Beach where they were standard equipment for wringing out towels, bathing suits, just about everything...ah, memories.
You can't use your hands - ergo, it's not a sport.
The rest of the world watches that boring crap, they won't miss us if we don't.
On a side note - when I was taught to play soccer in 1959 we were told that this was going to be the next big thing. Going to sweep the nation. Going to be bigger than, well who knows - curling? Pancake flipping? Mumbledy peg? You know, the big money sports.
Perhaps that will be true some day.
Until then, they can take their fake "sport" back to the shithole they live in and leave us with sports that require skill and capital to play.
You've gotta understand that I was like 6 or 7 years old when the family would drive out to Jones Beach (on Long Island). In the Mens' dressing areas I was at eye level with those terrifying dongs swinging back and forth. Titus woulda been in paradise.
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There was a discussion, and my wife and I both agreed that it should be pronounced FIFE-ah, or maybe even FIF-ah, but under no circumstances should it ever be pronounced FEEF-ah, and yet that is precisely how all the TV announcers pronounce it which is yet even more conclusive evidence that we all live in a horrible, wicked, evil, corrupt and unjust world.
Gosh, she's perty.
I heard somebody on the radio say FAIFA (like Haifa Israel).
It was a bit disconcerting.
It's much easier just to call it by its real name, soccer.
The Brit announcer (hey, he could be Irish or from some other blighted isle) pronounces it "FEE fer".
When I first saw the acronym I pronounced it "Fie fuh".
The reason I even hear any of this garbage is because I turn on the radio when I am in the shop. Got to hear the guy from Blighty say "Coster Ricker" in the early rounds. I think he was referring to a central American country.
Had the great misfortune of hearing a nominal American call in to berate the radio coverage of football. Dude, you are kidding, right? Football is very thoroughly covered in this country. It's that pretend sport, the one beloved by Commies and 8th worlders that is not covered. Because it sucks.
Sucker - perhaps that the correct pronunciation of the name of that "sport". Pardon me while I go flop.
Sixty, though we Americans don't get it, it is a rigorous, intricate sport. All that running with no half-times, etc. I feel we are really missing something when the rest of the world is so bonkers over it.
Those towel wringers take me back to the Mens' dressing areas at Jones Beach where they were standard equipment for wringing out towels, bathing suits, just about everything...ah, memories.
The whole game is dependent on a foul followed by a penalty kick. Otherwise there'd be no scoring at all!
lol Ricpic, that's kinda accurate. Now a dumb game is Rugby.
Rigorous athleticism and then a faked injury.
It's like WW1 trench warfare, the front moving back and forth, the result then decided by a coin flip.
Very poetic, Pogo. Ricpic, watch your back.
You can't use your hands - ergo, it's not a sport.
The rest of the world watches that boring crap, they won't miss us if we don't.
On a side note - when I was taught to play soccer in 1959 we were told that this was going to be the next big thing. Going to sweep the nation. Going to be bigger than, well who knows - curling? Pancake flipping? Mumbledy peg? You know, the big money sports.
Perhaps that will be true some day.
Until then, they can take their fake "sport" back to the shithole they live in and leave us with sports that require skill and capital to play.
"...Ricpic, watch your back."
You've gotta understand that I was like 6 or 7 years old when the family would drive out to Jones Beach (on Long Island). In the Mens' dressing areas I was at eye level with those terrifying dongs swinging back and forth. Titus woulda been in paradise.
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