So same as soccer
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takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
The thing is that the imperial system comes from Britain. It’s just that US decided to keep it.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Called football everywhere except north America where you use the term football for the game you play with your hands…
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Also called soccer in Australia, South Africa, Japan, and a couple other places
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
i just want to call soccer “footie”. i still prefer sepak takraw though.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
Well, at least it fits the theme with the ass backwards imperial system.
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 10 hours ago
In the same theme I think they can now add the Gulf of America…
javiwhite@feddit.uk 14 hours ago
Soccer was only ever a nickname tbf, It stood for a(socc)iation football.
I guess an equivalent would be like calling your police the bobby force.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
And was mostly used by public schoolboys who called rugby “rugger”.
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
The imperial system and the US customary system are different for volume and weight
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 12 hours ago
Yes, it was implemented during the French revolution.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
FRENCH‽
first i was for it, now i’m against it
robocall@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
tetris11@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
its black hagrid