The English coined "soccer"
2024-03-27
From my friends at Duolingo:
The people that affectionately call their Prince William "Wills" and Ā£5 and Ā£10 notesĀ ~"fivers" and "tenners"~Ā are responsible for shortening "Association Football" to just "Assoc."āwhich, when written, looks like it might be pronounced "Assock."Ā (This "Association Football" name is the same as the FrenchĀ Football AssociationĀ in FIFA!) In late 1800s England, at Oxford, there was also a fad of addingĀ -erĀ to some words. And thus, "soccer" was born. In England. š“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æ