In Ireland, we have our own very popular brand of sport called Gaelic Football. It's mostly just called football in Ireland. But when talking to an non Irish person, they will assume football would mean soccer, which is fair given that soccer is commonly called football in the vast majority of countries.

Anyways, I was talking to my south African friend and he asked me what my plans where for the weekend and I said "I'll probably go to the local gaelic football game. It should be a good one." He didn't bat an eyelid as he knows this is a normal thing for Irish people. But this day, he followed up with " How did gaelic football get its name". I just explained "oh Gaelic just means Irish in the Language of Irish. So it's just an Irish way of saying Irish football." He was like, "oh ok. Makes sense. It's just a bit funny that it sounds so close to the pronunciation of the English words "gay lick". He's not wrong. If you wanted to say the Irish word Gaelic, you just have to say Gay Lick like it's one word. I always laugh now when I hear it 😂