Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down162
arrow-up1365arrow-down1imageOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldReturn_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square82linkfedilink
minus-squareDisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.comdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down9·24 hours 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-up11·edit-220 hours agoBritish toffs invented the term soccer.
minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up6·17 hours 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-up4·12 hours 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.
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.
Get em