Comment on Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?

Taalen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  And Canada 👋

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  • wjrii@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    And Australia, at least when they're not trying to suck up to the British.

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    • HamSwagwich@showeq.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      And English… I’ve heard them use soccer as well on many occasions

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      • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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      • CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        If an Englishman uses ‘soccer’ he’s almost certainly from the upper class.

        As “soccer” was played by the elite (such as the Oxford lad who is said to have coined “soccer”), it soon spread to the working classes, and became “football”.

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    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      And the British, at least when they’re not trying to make Americans look bad.

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      • Badeendje@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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  • MxM111@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Which is America.

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    • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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

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      • Bye@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        And North America is in America

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      • BigilusDickilus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        North America is a continent.

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    • Threeme2189@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      U.SAean? U.Sean?

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      • hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Estadounidense?

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    • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      But not mexico or stuff in central / south america

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• Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  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.

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• Zippy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  But if an American says football, that can create a bit of confusion.

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• drcouzelis@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Thank you!

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