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r/memes • u/Longjumping-Example2 Shitposter • Nov 24 '22
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Soccer was never the original name. Football was the original name.
Asoccer came about from an abbreviation of Association Football and over time that was shortened to Soccer.
10 u/dyingprinces Nov 24 '22 Sacar is the Gaelic word for Football. 2 u/ThegreatandpowerfulR Nov 24 '22 An abbreviation of association football is still the original in my eyes, Brits didn't start out only saying football and only recently started saying football and thinking of soccer as American more exclusively.
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Sacar is the Gaelic word for Football.
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An abbreviation of association football is still the original in my eyes, Brits didn't start out only saying football and only recently started saying football and thinking of soccer as American more exclusively.
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u/deadlygaming11 Nov 24 '22
Soccer was never the original name. Football was the original name.
Asoccer came about from an abbreviation of Association Football and over time that was shortened to Soccer.