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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)
  • [–] 74 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Europeans: call a game where you kick ball with foot "football"

    Americans: call a game where you throw ball with hands "football"

    One of these makes more sense to me... :p

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Europeans came up with the word "soccer" as a shortened form of "Association football" to distinguish it from the numerous other forms of football being played (rugby etc).

    So, it's your fault anyway.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    It was not Europeans. It was the British. And it was the upper class British. Specifically at the Oxford University. The people in both continental Europe and Britain always called it football.

    "Soccer" is technically a slur for lower class football.

    Even the British call it football now, but the soccer slur still lives on in America and other colonies.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "It wasn't Europeans, it was this group of people from Europe."

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It was the Brits. Europe refers to a collection of countries.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Brits are Europeans, so the statement wasnt incorrect

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Most nations of the world refer to the beautiful game as football, or a derivative thereof. Then there’s that one nation…

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    😄 Thank you. Obviously not what I was referring to, but still a point.

    In Japan the most common term is sakkā, that came into use from US influence after the war. Both futtobōru and football is in use, though.

    Although the official English name of the Japan Football Association uses the term "football", the term sakkā (サッカー), derived from "soccer", is much more commonly used than futtobōru (フットボール). The JFA's Japanese name is Nippon Sakkā Kyōkai.

    Before World War II the term in general use was shūkyū (蹴球, kick-ball), a Sino-Japanese term. With previously exclusive Japanese terms replaced by American influence after the war, sakkā became more commonplace. In recent years, many professional teams have named themselves F.C.s (football clubs), with examples being FC Tokyo and Kyoto Sanga FC.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    OK, so this may shock some, but my posh English school called football 'soccer'. Football was what most people would call rugby. Cricket was... Cricket.

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