Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

[Wackojacko <wackojacko32@ntlworld.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 13:49 +0100, Wackojacko wrote:
> > > > > No hard feelings Sanchez. Buy yourself a football (a round one!),
> > > > > and get out into the fresh air.
> > > > A "round football"?!! Well colo*u*r me surpri*z*ed.
> > > Soccer man, soccer.
> > No definitely football.
> >
> > Why call a sport where the object of the game is to pick the ball up in 
> > your hands, run with it and throw it to your colleague so he can do the 
> > same *foot*ball.  In the UK thats a foul and if you do it deliberately 
> > you could get sent off!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FootBall
>
>     there is a rival explanation, 

There always is :)

>     which has it that football 
>     originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe,
>     which were played on foot.[1] These games were usually played
>     by peasants, as opposed to the horse-riding sports often played
>     by aristocrats.