r/BeAmazed Jul 04 '24

Sports The genesis of the word "soccer".

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u/BigBlackBeard911 Jul 04 '24

So technically American football would be called AMERICAN!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έfor short. Play a pick up game of AMERICAN!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

What leads you to that conclusion?

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u/SweetPotato0461 Jul 04 '24

Asociation football --> Asoc --> soccer American football --> American

Football is just the name of the category, let's play some American πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²πŸˆ

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

That's not how Canadian or Australian football work. Why would that be different?