Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agoOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square123linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldReturn_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square123linkfedilink
minus-squareDisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.comdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoThe British invented the term soccer. If they give you shit about using it, tell them they can fuck right off.
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoBritish Toffs invented the term soccer.
minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoYeah, it’s like saying we should call rugby “rugger”, because that’s what the old Etonians called it (I don’t know if they still do).
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoIts Oxford University slang derived from Rugby School slang, rather than Etonian. However, many do still refer to the morning meal as “brekkers” and nakedness as “starkers”, regardless of class.
The British invented the term soccer. If they give you shit about using it, tell them they can fuck right off.
Get em
British Toffs invented the term soccer.
Yeah, it’s like saying we should call rugby “rugger”, because that’s what the old Etonians called it (I don’t know if they still do).
Its Oxford University slang derived from Rugby School slang, rather than Etonian. However, many do still refer to the morning meal as “brekkers” and nakedness as “starkers”, regardless of class.