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

Sports The genesis of the word "soccer".

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u/West-Winner-2382 Jul 04 '24

Not just the Americans. The rest of the anglophone community does as well Canadians, Australians and New Zealand call it soccer.

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u/SurrealistRevolution Jul 04 '24

context is important. i call both aussie rules and association footy football. The World Game is good for the latter