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Why do Aussies call football Footy?

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because down here we like to Abbreviate. Very few say do you wanna go watch the football. its " lets go watch the footy" same with basketball = b ball.

I just take it its an Aussie Term, theres an example for ya we rather call our selves Aussies then Australians. Abbreviation is the key Mate :P
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It's what we do to lot of our words - we shorten them and put a Y or an O at the end. Examples:

Football - Footy

Breakfast - Brekky

Barbeque - Barbie

Afternoon - Arvo

Its just Aussie slang is all! :-)
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football- footy it just sounds good its a shortened way of saying it
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Coz it sounds nice!lol

Footy! lol
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What the others said......pretty bloody obvious hey??
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its just a good nick name for football,and doesn't sound so formal
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