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WCDT Strips 3071 to 3075 (19th - 23rd October 2K15)
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: QuestionableIntentions on 22 Oct 2015, 01:51 ---First of, it's called football.
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Also soccer; don't be parochial!
Tova:
Interestingly... http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-did-we-start-calling-football-soccer-180951751/?no-ist
Edit: There's even a paper. My goodness. http://ns.umich.edu/Releases/2014/June14/Its-football-not-soccer.pdf
pwhodges:
From the first link:
--- Quote ---Simple fact is, most people don't realise Soccer is an English term mainly because it was primarily used by Public School boys and people of that social class.
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Well, that's me outed (for those who didn't know).
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 22 Oct 2015, 04:53 ---From the first link:
--- Quote ---Simple fact is, most people don't realise Soccer is an English term mainly because it was primarily used by Public School boys and people of that social class.
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Well, that's me outed (for those who didn't know).
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That's okay, the guy behind the institution who printed that article was English, too.
pwhodges:
I meant, I was outed as a product of private education, specifically...
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