When did the rest of the world (other than the USA) start using the American word "soccer" ?
2006-11-23 09:13:00 · 7 answers · asked by ~*tRiiNa*~ 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
i know we used it in england in the early 70s cos i remember sunday star soccer. thats where i fell in love with football.
2006-11-23 09:20:05 · answer #1 · answered by Deano™ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is simply known to the rest of the world as "football"
USA is the only nation which calls it Soccer probably to defrentiate between "American football" the one they already has and soccer
2006-11-23 17:19:41 · answer #2 · answered by Herbicide 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Following the Oxford rules of word contractions, in England around 1889 some people started to contract the first word of "Association Football". According to Oxford rules, you had to add "-er" to the short form of the word.
The short form of the word "Association" was assoc.
assoc. + er = assocer, wich derived into soccer.
2006-11-23 17:15:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is the American media influence. People should realise that modern football started in the UK! It will always be football to me
2006-11-23 17:23:41 · answer #4 · answered by Nautilus 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They don't call it that they call it football and i think Americans should change their American football into something else because football was here first and it is more popular
2006-11-23 17:33:29 · answer #5 · answered by Johny628 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
here in the uk we dont its football!
2006-11-23 17:20:25 · answer #6 · answered by foxy lady 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is a stupid name...
2006-11-23 17:17:14 · answer #7 · answered by Lesartistes 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋