Languages
The Global Language of Football: Why Do We Call It Soccer?
Why do Americans call it soccer while the rest of the world says football? Our world map reveals the unexpected patterns in how different countries name the world’s favorite sport, shaped by centuries of cultural exchange and historical quirks.
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Linguist Jack Grieve posted a bunch of maps that show swearing geographically, based on geotagged tweets. Below is the maps
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German is still the third most spoken language in southern states like Arkansas, Alabama, and South Carolina.
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Second languages around the World
English takes the top as the most popular second language worldwide, with 55 nations speaking it as a second language. France and Russia are 2nd and 3rd, with 14 and 13 sequentially.
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