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"?

Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Xariphon@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ... wtf else do you call candy?

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  • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As others have said, sweets

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    • guyrocket@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wait...I think you're saying that Brits call candy sweets...maybe...

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      • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Definitely Brits, but not just Brits - Sweets is the preferred term in much of the English speaking world, with Candy being very distinctly associated with the US.

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  • ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wee Confectionary Yum Yums

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  • kindenough@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Confectionery...sweets

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  • Skrewzem@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sweets?

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    • LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve actually heard people call candy “sweets” here in the midwestern US quite a lot

      We use both

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    • Xariphon@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Goddammit... I've watched enough Bake-Off, I should've known that.

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  • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lollies, or a lolly.

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• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t think all the people saying soccer in an Australian accent would appreciate being identified as an American.

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  • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    True - I had forgotten you guys call it footy and soccer. Though I suspect the Aussie accent would give you guys away before we got to the topic of footy

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  • Geobloke@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We’re just happy that you mostly leave us alone

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• drcouzelis@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thank you, I didn’t know!

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