Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"? - eviltoast

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!

  • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    You say that like most of us aren’t in on the joke - good banter is one of the few things we Brits even produce anymore…

    It ruins the fun if you take it too seriously, which (from my experience) Americans seem to do a lot - that’s one of the other things that outs you guys amongst Brits fairly quickly.