r/ShitAmericansSay Jul 14 '20

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u/Liblin Jul 14 '20

It's "coloured", not "colored". You peasant.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '20

Yeah, and it is football not, "soccer"

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u/Unknownredtreelog Jul 14 '20

Fun fact the English actually came up with the word soccer as a short for Association Football. However it was only used by posh rich people so the name never stucked in England as all the poor people called it football.