Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down162
arrow-up1370arrow-down1imageOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldReturn_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-219 hours agoBritish toffs invented the term soccer.
minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 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·edit-211 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.
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.