A more worryingly plausible explanation is that they in fact aren't and that's just how muddled they are.
Consider.
Football, a game widely considered in it's modern form to be "invented" by the British
British American A game using a round spherical object called a ball. I'm not even sure what that is. A dried and cured dinosaur egg? A game using primarily your feet and absolutely not your hands. 1 exception apply. A game using primarily your hands and absolutely not your feet. 2 exceptions applies.
At this point we should probably be glad icecream doesn't mean a very hot type of chili sause in one of those places.