alt Hacker NewsBrits actually originally called it soccer. They changed to football at some point a while back. Maybe he's doing a super-throwback?
Brits actually originally called it soccer. They changed to football at some point a while back. Maybe he's doing a super-throwback?
By analogy with another type of football, i.e. rugby football which was nicknamed rugger in the old days. Soccer was always a nickname, and association football the formal name.