'Fouled the ball'?
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rice-1 — 16 years ago(January 03, 2010 05:48 AM)
thankyou for proving my point..
not once did these articles refer to 'fouling the ball' that is a mostly americanism when refering to fouls, which is inserted into non american films in a sycophantic attempt to please the american audience.
Of course we have fouls in Gaelic football, rugby, football and a hundred other sports.but you will not here the commentators of Match of the Day refer to a player, 'fouling the ball'.
thanks again for posting those helpful references. -
doublejake — 16 years ago(January 19, 2010 09:29 AM)
"Foul the ball" is most assuredly NOT an "Americanism" it is not commonly used in ANY American ball sports.
In American football, you can "commit a foul," you can "foul another player," you can "commit a personal foul."
In baseball, you can "hit a foul ball" or "hit a ball foul" or "foul out" or hit a "foul tip" or "foul off a pitch" but the term "foul the ball" is rarely if ever used.
In basketball, you can "foul another player," "commit a foul," "commit a technical foul," or "foul out" (with a very different meaning than baseball).
In NO American sport is the term "foul the ball" common. Anyone who thinks the term is a common Americanism is grossly misinformed and needs to double-check the source of the misinformation. -
ag67-182-841889 — 10 years ago(February 25, 2016 07:50 AM)
I always just assumed it meant the authorities had "rigged the game" as in framed them all for the crimes committed by withholding evidence etc.
Never heard this expression used anywhere else though apart from in this movie.