It's all the result of the Victorian public school system, and their appaling approach to spelling and musical education.
The boys at Eton and Harrow spent many years trying to develop a Brazilian approach to football. After blunting more razors than you can possibly imagine, and depleting the entire wax supply for Southern Central England, all to no avail, they tried musical accompaniments to the game, notably samba. This was a roaring success. The music master, however, couldn't tell his samba from his soca, and the game became stuck with the misspelt name. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 August 2005 23:21 > To: pentax list > Subject: Re: Res: RE: OT - Wet Yourself For A Used iBook ! > > On 16/8/05, Manuel Magalhães , discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I am Portuguese, and perhaps my English sometimes sucks, but > I can't be > >called sucker! Why our American friends called soccer to > football :)). > > Over to Bob W for a potted history of the word 'soccer'. Bob? >
