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minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-26 months agoWasn’t the name “soccer” originally from England? Edit: it was, and it was used for ~100 years in England until around 1960 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_association_football
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·6 months agoYeah but only poshos call it “soccer” here to distinguish it from “rugger”
minus-square1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agowho the hell calls rugby “rugger”? that’s even worse than “soccer”.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoPublic schoolboys (i.e. the very posh), yes it’s weird
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·6 months agoWell England sucks :p /s
minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoSee now we’ve got a valid argument going
Wasn’t the name “soccer” originally from England?
Edit: it was, and it was used for ~100 years in England until around 1960 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_association_football
Yeah but only poshos call it “soccer” here to distinguish it from “rugger”
who the hell calls rugby “rugger”? that’s even worse than “soccer”.
Public schoolboys (i.e. the very posh), yes it’s weird
Well England sucks :p /s
See now we’ve got a valid argument going