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[-] Thedogspaw@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Actually most of our words are British words but Britain changed there meaning take soccer thats what the English used to call it because of the long socks the players wore Britain lost the memo but America remembered

[-] Globulart@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Is this a copypasta I've missed or something...?

Its called soccer because it's full name was association football and they took the second syllable and turned it into a nickname for the sport.

Socks have nothing to do with it.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nope, "soccer" is a shortened form of "association," as in "Football Association."

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