ZeroCool@vger.social to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year agoStart ups when that VC funding kicks ini.ibb.coexternal-linkmessage-square147linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year 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-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSee now we’ve got a valid argument going
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYeah but only poshos call it “soccer” here to distinguish it from “rugger”
minus-square1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agowho the hell calls rugby “rugger”? that’s even worse than “soccer”.
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”
who the hell calls rugby “rugger”? that’s even worse than “soccer”.