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1. eimrin+m6[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:18:28
>>belter+(OP)
> The probe is currently around 32 billion kilometers from Earth, and gets 15km further away every second.

I beg anybody to rephrase it understandingly with using some units similar to football fields. Is it possible to launch a little cheap rocket with a transmitter just to correct Voyager's position?

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2. awestr+J6[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:21:38
>>eimrin+m6
How to tell if somebody is an American
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3. chank+D7[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:29:25
>>awestr+J6
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4. rob74+a9[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:42:16
>>chank+D7
Then they would also use football fields (but think of soccer fields).
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5. louthy+n9[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:44:06
>>rob74+a9
Only Americans call football ‘soccer’
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6. skissa+P9[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:47:54
>>louthy+n9
> Only Americans call football ‘soccer’

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

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7. iainme+om[view] [source] 2023-07-31 13:12:55
>>skissa+P9
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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