If I'm talking to an English speaker from outside of the US, is there any confusion if I say "soccer"?

For example, when I was in college a friend asked for a "torch". I was confused for quite some time, because I didn't know it was another word for "flashlight". Does the same thing happen with the word "soccer"? Should I clarify by saying, "...or football"?

Thank you!

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[–] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

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

Edit: NA is a sub-continent, not the continent

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

    North America is a continent.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    And North America is in America

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I debated whether I should say NA or American, but I figured I don't know what Canadians use, so there we go. Anyway, nice to see that debate is still alive and healthy. I gave up on it ~20 or so years ago. Writing unitedstatesman was exhausting after a while :)

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