▲ 429 ▼ Oi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 months ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] wieson@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) Just to add to your wonderful list of information: Soccer as a term was adopted in North America except for Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Belize... At this point it's easier to say "was adopted by the USA and Canada". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago Or "In English-speaking North America". permalink fedilink source parent [–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Since when are the countries of Mexico and co. counted as North American countries? Those are Latin American / Central American countries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wieson@feddit.org 1 point 3 months ago As far as I know, in none of the continent models (be it 5, 6 or 7 continents) is central America its own continent. It's a region of North America. And Latin America is a cultural-linguistic category. But feel free to look up "North America" on Wikipedia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago Or "In English-speaking North America". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Since when are the countries of Mexico and co. counted as North American countries? Those are Latin American / Central American countries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wieson@feddit.org 1 point 3 months ago As far as I know, in none of the continent models (be it 5, 6 or 7 continents) is central America its own continent. It's a region of North America. And Latin America is a cultural-linguistic category. But feel free to look up "North America" on Wikipedia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 point 3 months ago As far as I know, in none of the continent models (be it 5, 6 or 7 continents) is central America its own continent. It's a region of North America. And Latin America is a cultural-linguistic category. But feel free to look up "North America" on Wikipedia. permalink fedilink source parent
