766: Fall, Soccer, Autumn, and Football Jan 12, 2017

The words 'fall' and 'soccer' instead of 'autumn' and 'football' respectively may seem particularly North American, as the former two terms have far less favored in England, and vice-verse in America and Canada. Oddly enough, 'fall' and 'soccer' originated in England (and not just in the sense that that's where the language as a whole was born). For some time, several centuries ago, 'autumn' and 'football' were the less popular of the options, but after those terms were brought across the pond and used in North America where they stuck, they were eventually replaced in Europe.