NoTail Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Footy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 1 hour ago, The Voice of Reason said: “SOCCER season”? John , you should know better 🙂 Soccer is a perfectly good British English word for Association Football. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Soccer comes from sacar the Gaelic word for football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, SleepyJoe said: Soccer comes from sacar the Gaelic word for football I’ve always thought it was an abbreviation of Association Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 17 minutes ago, John Wright said: I’ve always thought it was an abbreviation of Association Yes. The Irish Gaelic word presumably derives from that and to distinguish it from Gaelic Football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 32 minutes ago, SleepyJoe said: Soccer comes from sacar the Gaelic word for football The Scottish gaelic word for football is fitba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 25 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: The Scottish gaelic word for football is fitba No it isn't: Association football (Scots: fitbaa, Scottish Gaelic: ball-coise) is one of the national sports of Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 “Soccer” is always regarded as an Americanism, whatever it’s derivation. Whats wrong with “football”? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 30 minutes ago, The Voice of Reason said: “Soccer” is always regarded as an Americanism, whatever it’s derivation. Whats wrong with “football”? No it isn’t. But there you go. Yes, it’s used almost exclusively there, but they borrowed it from the British English contraction of association, and it’s been in common usage all my life as an alternative for association football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 2 hours ago, John Wright said: Soccer is a perfectly good British English word for Association Football. It is indeed. A bit old school now though I think, not sure why, words just go in and out of fashion I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 15 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said: It is indeed. A bit old school now though I think, not sure why, words just go in and out of fashion I guess. Thing is when it was in my school curriculum as soccer, none of us would have known what it was called in USA or AUS. There were satellites, just, but no transatlantic broadcast of US sports, no real professional USA AF game, which came in the 90’s. The first national league only dates from 68 and collapsed in the 80’s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Roger Mexico said: No it isn't: Association football (Scots: fitbaa, Scottish Gaelic: ball-coise) is one of the national sports of Scotland Pedant! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 45 minutes ago, John Wright said: Thing is when it was in my school curriculum as soccer, none of us would have known what it was called in USA or AUS. There were satellites, just, but no transatlantic broadcast of US sports, no real professional USA AF game, which came in the 90’s. The first national league only dates from 68 and collapsed in the 80’s. Could its lack of popularity now be a backlash caused by finding out its use by the Yanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 3 hours ago, John Wright said: Soccer is a perfectly good British English word for Association Football. Not in my world 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 44 minutes ago, John Wright said: Thing is when it was in my school curriculum as soccer, none of us would have known what it was called in USA or AUS. There were satellites, just, but no transatlantic broadcast of US sports, no real professional USA AF game, which came in the 90’s. The first national league only dates from 68 and collapsed in the 80’s. We're the same age and when I was at school (even at primary) it was only ever known as football, never soccer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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