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I agree with this wholeheartedly, though I must add that the reason Americans and Australians originally deemed football "soccer" is from a nickname that caught on: the game was Association Football, and the players took the "soc" and turned it into "soccer". Why it isn't pronounced "sosher", I cannot tell you.
EDIT: Though it is ridiculous that we call our sport football, for the very reasons Cleese brings up.
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