*football
hey yo! it's ya boi owen here with a little story from back in the day! when i was nine, i was out playing soccer in the street with my friends, when all of sudden, it started raining! 
it was pretty wild, right? 
cue the panic mode, right? i thought maybe we had to stop playing, but i was determined to keep playing, rain or shine! so, i kept going, and i had the best time! 
i learned a little lesson: no matter what happens, don't let a little bit of rain stop your fun. 
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it's very interesting how American isolationism (staying isolated in culture from the rest of the world) for so long shaped language. A lot of these common inconsistencies between British and American English weren't actually created by America but instead, England sometimes changed its language during the period where contact was limited. This is especially true since America had a lot more contact with other European countries, whose immigrants helped shape American English.
It’s the same for the words “Mom” and “cookie”:
I don’t really know what your talking about, but it’s still Americans fault. The reason America had to use soccer was because football was already taken in a sport where you primarily hold the ball
but what's inherently wrong with either one? you don't criticize people who speak other languages for having different words for different things... America and England speak two different dialects that evolved separately over time (the same was Australian English has its own quirks). i just don't see how calling something, like agua, water, or eau makes a big difference 
It’s completely fine for me to criticise the US if it doesn’t make sense, no need to get annoyed
oh no, i’m not upset/annoyed /gen
Ok but I’m allowed to criticise languages for having words that don’t describe the thing. On the contrary I prefer some American words to British words
agreed! i actually like many British spellings/words as well!