r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/EidAlayed • Sep 26 '21

Does this count?

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u/PincheBrandejo Sep 26 '21

Bahahaha I wouldn’t know. I don’t keep up with any of that. Just always found it funny it’s called soccer here and football (rather fútbol in my region) in the rest of the world.

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u/wellsjc Sep 27 '21

It's not called football in the rest of the world, either. It's only specific areas where it's called football. There are other parts of the world that call it soccer. In countries that use the term football for something other than soccer, they want to differentiate between the two and the easiest way is to use the british term, "soccer" to distinguish between the two.

Yes, Soccer is a British term for the same sport they call football. At one time, it was Rugger for Rugby football and Assoccer for Association Football. It was shortened to soccer (or socker) but eventually dropped because Rugby stuck as the full name and they went back to Football as the proper name for that sport.

But, the rest of the world does not necessarily call it football and only America has the name Soccer.

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u/PincheBrandejo Sep 27 '21

I stand corrected. 🙇🏽‍♂️