NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2

Re:NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 by rob74 on Monday July 31, 2023 @07:42AM (#36941194)

Then they would also use football fields (but think of soccer fields).

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Re:NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 by louthy on Monday July 31, 2023 @07:44AM (#36941207)

Only Americans call football ‘soccer’

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Re:NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 by skissane on Monday July 31, 2023 @07:47AM (#36941235)

> Only Americans call football ‘soccer’

Australians call it "soccer" too. Disambiguates it from Australian Rules, Rugby League and Rugby Union

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Re:NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 by iainmerrick on Monday July 31, 2023 @09:12AM (#36942014)

The word “soccer” actually comes from England! From Wikipedia:

The term soccer comes from Oxford "-er" slang, which was prevalent at the University of Oxford in England from about 1875, and is thought to have been borrowed from the slang of Rugby School. Initially spelled assoccer, it was later reduced to the modern spelling.

“Football” almost always means soccer (association football) in the UK, but there are also things like rugby football and Gaelic football.

Edit to add: you need to disambiguate when other forms of football are popular (eg at Oxford university) but these days soccer is the most popular sport by a huge margin.

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Re:NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 by vinay427 on Monday July 31, 2023 @09:17AM (#36942055)

If you ignore much of the majority English-speaking world, then yes, that would be accurate.

https://brilliantmaps.com/football-vs-soccer/

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