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"?

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CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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