If you really want to throw them off, call it the proper name rather than the nick name. Association football. Most adult non-american english speakers are at least tangentially aware that the name soccer derived from that. But it certainly won’t make you sound American.
Taalen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Not a native English speaker, but my hunch is, soccer will almost certainly be understood. Also it will identify you as American.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Zippy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But if an American says football, that can create a bit of confusion.
drcouzelis@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Thank you!
otter@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
And Canada 👋
wjrii@kbin.social 6 months ago
And Australia, at least when they're not trying to suck up to the British.
HamSwagwich@showeq.com 6 months ago
And English… I’ve heard them use soccer as well on many occasions
Cethin@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Yeah, soccer is actually an English term that they created to refer to association football, as opposed to rugby football or the hundreds of other forms of football.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
If an Englishman uses ‘soccer’ he’s almost certainly from the upper class.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
And the British, at least when they’re not trying to make Americans look bad.
Badeendje@lemmy.world 6 months ago
MxM111@kbin.social 6 months ago
Which is America.
Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 6 months ago
Canada is in North America the continent, which the US (sometimes referred to as America) is also in - saying Canada is America is like saying Great Britain is Europe
Bye@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And North America is in America
BigilusDickilus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
North America is a continent.
Threeme2189@lemmy.world 6 months ago
U.SAean? U.Sean?
hddsx@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Estadounidense?
otter@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
But not mexico or stuff in central / south america