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 11 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 11 months ago
Zippy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But if an American says football, that can create a bit of confusion.
drcouzelis@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Thank you!
otter@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
And Canada 👋
wjrii@kbin.social 11 months ago
And Australia, at least when they're not trying to suck up to the British.
HamSwagwich@showeq.com 11 months ago
And English… I’ve heard them use soccer as well on many occasions
Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 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 11 months ago
If an Englishman uses ‘soccer’ he’s almost certainly from the upper class.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
And the British, at least when they’re not trying to make Americans look bad.
Badeendje@lemmy.world 11 months ago
MxM111@kbin.social 11 months ago
Which is America.
Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 11 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 11 months ago
And North America is in America
BigilusDickilus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
North America is a continent.
Threeme2189@lemmy.world 11 months ago
U.SAean? U.Sean?
hddsx@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Estadounidense?
otter@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
But not mexico or stuff in central / south america