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grimtrigger86 t1_j7msc2r wrote

Reply to comment by vonvoltage in The James Webb Space Telescope just found an asteroid by total accident, its smallest object yet by pecika

... I played soccer for the better part of 16 years and never heard it called a pitch before. It's something I'd expect a European to say, but they called it soccer instead of futbol or football, which is confusing.

That being said, I assumed they meant field.

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legend11 t1_j7mub4c wrote

It's called football pitch over here. Football field doesn't sound quite as good.

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grimtrigger86 t1_j7muv8h wrote

Assuming "over here" is somewhere in Europe. I mean, they called it soccer, which is an American term, but also used pitch... if they'd said football pitch, I'd have known which sport they were referring to. Just a odd choice of words I guess.

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