cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 27 days agoHow many hands long do they get?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageHow many hands long do they get?lemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square92linkfedilink
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-227 days agoThe ironic thing is that the imperial system comes from Britain. It’s just that US decided to keep it.
minus-squareJavi@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoSoccer 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.
minus-squareBerengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoCalled football everywhere except north America where you use the term football for the game you play with your hands…
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoi just want to call soccer “footie”. i still prefer sepak takraw though.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agonah i just know a good time when i see it. played soccer (as I’m statesian) for ten or so years, but my team started absolutely dominating the local rec league when we’d start and end every practice with 15 minutes of sepak takraw.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoWell, at least it fits the theme with the ass backwards imperial system.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoAlso called soccer in Australia, South Africa, Japan, and a couple other places
minus-squareBerengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-227 days agoThe imperial system and the US customary system are different for volume and weight Also, the metric system is french.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoYes, it was implemented during the French revolution.
The ironic thing is that the imperial system comes from Britain. It’s just that US decided to keep it.
So same as soccer
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.
Called football everywhere except north America where you use the term football for the game you play with your hands…
i just want to call soccer “footie”. i still prefer sepak takraw though.
You Malaysian?
nah i just know a good time when i see it. played soccer (as I’m statesian) for ten or so years, but my team started absolutely dominating the local rec league when we’d start and end every practice with 15 minutes of sepak takraw.
Well, at least it fits the theme with the ass backwards imperial system.
Also called soccer in Australia, South Africa, Japan, and a couple other places
The imperial system and the US customary system are different for volume and weight
Also, the metric system is french.
Yes, it was implemented during the French revolution.
FRENCH‽
its hagrid