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Topic	Today I learned "futbol" is a loanword.
pipebomb_phil 03/12/18 2:35:09 AM #1:	I think I made a topic about the spanish word for Baseball (beisbol) a while back. I think this got me thinking about the the spanish word for Football (Soccer here in America). And it clicked with me, futbol is a loanword. My mind was blown! Anyways, the word soccer needs to be eliminated. WTF does soccer actually mean? Why did someone decide to name proper football 'soccer' in U.S.? (and maybe a few other English speaking countries). Gonna look it up now. --- #pipebomb_phil http://i.imgur.com/atWQoAs.gif <cite>pipebomb_phil posted [p:897636373] in Today I le... [t:76406906]...</cite> <quote>I think I made a topic about the spanish word for Baseball (beisbol) a while back. I think this got me thinking about the the spanish word for Football (Soccer here in America). And it clicked with me, futbol is a loanword. My mind was blown! Anyways, the word soccer needs to be eliminated. WTF does soccer actually mean? Why did someone decide to name proper football 'soccer' in U.S.? (and maybe a few other English speaking countries). Gonna look it up now. --- #pipebomb_phil http://i.imgur.com/atWQoAs.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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