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5.7 billion people refer to it as football, 300 million refer to it as soccer. Any time you see the word football and any non American person, it's probably tal
by fgonzag 7y ago
5.7 billion people refer to it as football, 300 million refer to it as soccer. Any time you see the word football and any non American person, it's probably talking about association football.
- JamesBarney 7y agoBut that doesn't correctly represent the proportions of hacker new readers that would call it soccer. Since this web site was started in the u.s. and is almost entirely English speaking that heavily selects users from English speaking countries, both north America, and in particular the u.s., and especially silicon valley.
- billfruit 7y agoI would't be surprised if majority of HN views are from outside North America as of now. There are likely more English speakers in Bangalore than in Silicon Valley.
- umanwizard 7y agoSo what? A thousand trillion people could speak some way, and it wouldn't make it somehow illegitimate for a village of 100 people to speak a different dialect. More people in the world eat rice than bread, does that mean cultures that eat bread are wrong?
- larnmar 7y agoIn English, though, the distribution of meaning of the word “football” is more like: 340 million: Grid Iron 60 million: soccer 15 million: Aussie Rules (proper footy) 10 million: Rugby League 5 million: Rugby Union Probably some Gaelic Football in there too for good measure.