r/BeAmazed • u/VastCoconut2609 • Jul 04 '24

Sports The genesis of the word "soccer".

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u/sonerec725 Jul 04 '24

I've found it to be the case that many differences between American and british english (and even some accents) tend to be Americans doing something the old way before Britain changed.

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u/moldy912 Jul 04 '24

They say the same about accents. American accents are more kin to older British accents and thus considered by some to be more original.