Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 days agoClue is in the namereddthat.comimagemessage-square166linkfedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down176
arrow-up1259arrow-down1imageClue is in the namereddthat.comLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square166linkfedilink
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·10 days agoBlame the British, Oxford specifically, and their penchant to name things ending in -er. They’re the ones that named it, and they hide from that fact now as if they were never a part of it. https://www.history.com/articles/why-do-some-people-call-it-soccer
minus-squareMr Poletski@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days ago Blame the British, Oxford specifically, and their penchant to name things ending in -er You could call them a tosser for what they’ve done but you’ll be playing right into their hand
Blame the British, Oxford specifically, and their penchant to name things ending in -er. They’re the ones that named it, and they hide from that fact now as if they were never a part of it.
https://www.history.com/articles/why-do-some-people-call-it-soccer
You could call them a tosser for what they’ve done but you’ll be playing right into their hand