Say goodbye to soccer
Say goodbye to soccer, hello football
The current U.S. government has another idea for an executive order: it may decide to join the rest of the world and rename "soccer" to "football" (link).
That's a fairly pointless name change. How about something more impactful?
- Using Celsius instead of Fahrenheit for temperatures
- Using grams instead of ounces
- Using metres instead of feet
There is a crucial but subtle difference between these actions, though.
Changing soccer to football creates a collision because there is a different sport called American football, and now "football" becomes imprecise.
Switching scientific units to align with the rest of the world does not lead to confusion, as there is only one temperature, weight or length.
