Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1337
arrow-up1337imageOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldReturn_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareDisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·11 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-up10·edit-28 hours agoBritish toffs invented the term soccer.
minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 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-up1·edit-25 minutes 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.