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minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-22 years 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-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·2 years agoWell England sucks :p /s
minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoSee now we’ve got a valid argument going
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoYeah but only poshos call it “soccer” here to distinguish it from “rugger”
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoPublic schoolboys (i.e. the very posh), yes it’s weird
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
Well England sucks :p /s
See now we’ve got a valid argument going
Yeah but only poshos call it “soccer” here to distinguish it from “rugger”
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Public schoolboys (i.e. the very posh), yes it’s weird