RE: The Qatar Football (Soccer) World Cup 2022
November 21, 2022 at 4:56 pm
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2022 at 4:58 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(November 21, 2022 at 4:14 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(November 21, 2022 at 3:56 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It’s football, full stop. And ‘soccer’ is not an acronym for anything.
Boru
Merriam-Webster: soccer
Quote:Etymology
by shortening & alteration from association football
USA 1, Wales 0!!!
Which is not an acronym. The acronym for ‘association football’ would be AF (technically an initialism).
Boru
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