1 guy who's location is listed in Canada who for all we know misclicked or grew up in El Paso Texas does not qualify as plenty.
So then I guess you could also say that the person who put "Offsides" on the Ducks' jumbotron could have grew up in Canada. You could also say the same thing for the person who wrote that on USA Hockey's website.
So then I guess you could also say that the person who put "Offsides" on the Ducks' jumbotron could have grew up in Canada. You could also say the same thing for the person who wrote that on USA Hockey's website.
Nope. But they didn't even say the word "offside."
Look. Clearly it's Americans who say it by a overwhelmingly if not exclusive margin so it's extremely likely it originated in the states not sure why this upsets you.
Look. Clearly it's Americans who say it by a overwhelmingly if not exclusive margin so it's extremely likely it originated in the states not sure why this upsets you.
Americans watch basketball by an overwhelming margin over Canadians. Who invented basketball? What about football?
I'm not saying that Canadians started the word "offsides." I'm just saying that you make absolutely no sense and have no idea how to prove a theory you have. I don't mind if you think Americans started it. I do have a problem with you saying it like it's a fact.
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Americans watch basketball by an overwhelming margin over Canadians. Where did basketball originate from?
I'm not saying that Canadians started the word "offsides." I'm just saying that you make absolutely no sense and have no idea how to prove a theory you have. I don't mind if you think Americans started it. I do have a problem with you saying it like it's a fact.
Sports and linguistics aren't the best comparisons. I can't prove that newfies are the only ones who say "where ya to" when asking where someone is going but I've only heard a Newfie say it so I feel safe assuming that that particular phrase originated in Newfoundland.
Can I prove Americans were the first ones to call pop "Soda"? No but they say it so I assume they started it. You can't compare inventing a term to inventing a sport because its not comparable.
Sports and linguistics aren't the best comparisons. I can't prove that newfies are the only ones who say "where ya to" when asking where someone is going but I've only heard a Newfie say it so I feel safe assuming that that particular phrase originated in Newfoundland.
Can I prove Americans were the first ones to call pop "Soda"? No but they say it so I assume they started it. You can't compare inventing a term to inventing a sport because its not comparable.
There are probably more Canadians saying "offsides" than Americans because more Canadians watch hockey. People I know don't say "offsides," and I'm American.
There are more murders in Chicago than anywhere else. Does that mean that murders never happened anywhere else? Was the first murder in Chicago?
There are probably more Canadians saying "offsides" than Americans becore more Canadians watch hockey. People I know don't say "offsides," and I'm American.
No they're are definitely not more Canadians saying it. In fact I've never heard one in my life. Clearly lots of Americans say it. Not all, but lots. So unless you can come up with a better theory of where the term came from then I maintain it started in the states.
There are probably more Canadians saying "offsides" than Americans because more Canadians watch hockey. People I know don't say "offsides," and I'm American.
There are more murders in Chicago than anywhere else. Does that mean that murders never happened anywhere else? Was the first murder in Chicago?
Your really grasping for straws with these unrelated, outrageous comparisons.
No your not. Your facts aren't even right. Chicago does not have more murders than anywhere else. An act and a term are not even remotely comparable. Murders have been happening as far back as history dates. People saying "offsides" when referring to one incident has not, in fact I only learned of it today.
No your not. Your facts aren't even right. Chicago does not have more murders than anywhere else. An act and a term are not even remotely comparable. Murders have been happening as far back as history dates. People saying "offsides" when referring to one incident has not, in fact I only learned of it today.
Well then change Chicago with whatever the city is. And please stop lying when you say that today was the first time you heard the word "offsides." And how far does the word "offsides" date back? If you aren't lying and saying that today is the first time you heard it, then I don't think you're qualified to answer.
Also, how can you be so sure if it originated in the US if you first heard it today? You must be using a ridiculously small sample size.
Well then change Chicago with whatever the city is. And please stop lying when you say that today was the first time you heard the word "offsides." And how far does the word "offsides" date back? If you aren't lying and saying that today is the first time you heard it, then I don't think you're qualified to answer.
Also, how can you be so sure if it originated in the US if you first heard it today? You must be using a ridiculously small sample size.
Do you have some better evidence or documentation to go off?
Are you more qualified to make an assumption than I am?
Do you have more tangible evidence disproving my hypothesis?
Do you have some better evidence or documentation to go off?
Are you more qualified to make an assumption than I am?
Do you have more tangible evidence disproving my hypothesis?
Answer this question.
Where do YOU think the term originated?
1. Why will I need evidence to say anything? I'm not trying to prove any point or decide where it came from, so I shouldn't need evidence. You're the one who needs evidence.
2. No. I'm equally as unqualified to answer that question as you because none of us have the slightest clue, but you seem to think you do, which is odd since you never heard the word before today and apparently you already know where it came from.
3. Nope, because it's a hypothesis, not a conclusion. You seem to be confusing the two.
4. I answered it.
5. I have no idea. You tell me, and please provide evidence for once.
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1. Why will I need evidence to say anything? I'm not trying to prove any point or decide where it came from, so I shouldn't need evidence. You're the one who needs evidence.
2. No. I'm equally as unqualified to answer that question as you because none of us have the slightest clue, but you seem to think you do, which is odd since you never heard the word before today and apparently already know where it came from.
3. Nope, because it's a hypothesis, not a conclusion. You seem to be confusing the two.
4. I answered it.
5. I have no idea.
Then what did you just spend all that time arguing with me for? I have come to the conclusion based on what ive learned today that the term likely originated in the United States of America. Why does that upset you?
