If I’m talking to an English speaker from outside of the US, is there any confusion if I say “soccer”?
For example, when I was in college a friend asked for a “torch”. I was confused for quite some time, because I didn’t know it was another word for “flashlight”. Does the same thing happen with the word “soccer”? Should I clarify by saying, “…or football”?
Thank you!
Taalen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not a native English speaker, but my hunch is, soccer will almost certainly be understood. Also it will identify you as American.
otter@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
And Canada 👋
wjrii@kbin.social 10 months ago
And Australia, at least when they're not trying to suck up to the British.
MxM111@kbin.social 10 months ago
Which is America.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If you really want to throw them off, call it the proper name rather than the nick name. Association football. Most adult non-american english speakers are at least tangentially aware that the name soccer derived from that. But it certainly won’t make you sound American.
Zippy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
But if an American says football, that can create a bit of confusion.
drcouzelis@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Thank you!