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		shaftoe444 on Dec 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If PHP Were British (2011) A bit like people who get annoyed by the word soccer, an English word originally to distinguish Association Football (soccer) from Rugby Football (rugger) and other codes.

bearmode on Dec 2, 2022 | [–]

Worth noting that this word also has class connotations, in that only toffs at Oxford called it soccer. Working class people never did.

dylan604 on Dec 2, 2022 | [–]

My new favorite piss take of this debate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGVKVTcfy2E

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