Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1495arrow-down173
arrow-up1422arrow-down1imageOi fancy a bidda footy innit bruv?lemmy.worldReturn_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square126linkfedilink
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 days agoBritish toffs invented the term soccer.
minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days 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-up7·2 days agoIts Oxford University slang derived from Rugby School slang, rather than Etonian.
minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoOh yeah, that’s it, Oxford. I learnt about rugger and brekker from The Treasure Seekers books. I’ve never heard anyone I’ll say brekkers, at least in my area, brekkie is more common. Now I’m surprised that “starkers” has posh roots.
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.
Oh yeah, that’s it, Oxford. I learnt about rugger and brekker from The Treasure Seekers books. I’ve never heard anyone I’ll say brekkers, at least in my area, brekkie is more common.
Now I’m surprised that “starkers” has posh roots.