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"?

• 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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      • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Yes that’s a common slang for it

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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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      • Kolrami@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        People in the USA would probably reword that sentence as “And North America is in the Americas.”

        It’s similar to how North and South Dakota are called “The Dakotas,” not “Dakota.”

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      • Setarkus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        And “America” is in “North America”

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      • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Yes, but I don't think the person I was replying to was referring to America the continent given the context - plus even in that context it would still be more accurate to say North America as Southern/Latin America doesn't share the same cultural identity

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    • BigilusDickilus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      North America is a continent.

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      • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Looked it up properly, you're right. I shouldn't have second-guessed myself

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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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      • Threeme2189@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        No hablo Español

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  • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    But not mexico or stuff in central / south america

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