Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 19 hours agoOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down149
arrow-up1298arrow-down1imageOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldReturn_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 19 hours agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-28 hours agoBritish toffs invented the term soccer.
minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 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-up2·edit-242 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.
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.