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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

See now we've got a valid argument going

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but only poshos call it "soccer" here to distinguish it from "rugger"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

who the hell calls rugby "rugger"? that's even worse than "soccer".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Public schoolboys (i.e. the very posh), yes it's weird