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Posted By: davidcycleback

One afternoon, the Seattle bus I took was filled with visiting London kids and one adult who had just seen their first baseball game (Mariners). The young Londoner I sat next to and I chatted sports, and, during the conversation, he always used the word 'soccer' instead of 'football.' I asked if he was instructed to not say football to Americans so as to not to confuse them. He said he was.