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ElatedAndElongated t1_iy03xlw wrote

Reply to comment by Noch_ein_Kamel in TIL that FIFA is a French abbreviation, it would be IFAF in English, and England weren't an original member despite creating the game. FIFA also now has more members than the UN by BXCellent

The sport is called "Association Football"

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LordUpton t1_iy0569l wrote

Yeah that's why the sport is also called soccer. Take the soc out of association and add a er sound onto the end.

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Noch_ein_Kamel t1_iy056rb wrote

OH, well. TIL :-)

But anyway it's the federation of all assocations and not of "the sport"?!

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