@People who call Association Football "football"

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    Sleepyhead08, Jun 20, 2014
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    tl;dr
     
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    tl;dr the word Soccer comes from Socker which was actually conceived in Britain and was a way of shortening "Association Football" so it'd fit in newspaper headlines.
     
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    Haha, now people will stop calling me a dumb American!
     
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    Lol
     
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    You know...
    I'm still gonna call it football.
     
    Maximilian, Jun 22, 2014
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    So im not crazy when i call it soccer... yus!
     
    Krissy, Jun 22, 2014
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