cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHow many hands long do they get?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1679arrow-down136
arrow-up1643arrow-down1imageHow many hands long do they get?lemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down3·edit-21 day agoThe ironic thing is that the imperial system comes from Britain. It’s just that US decided to keep it.
minus-squareBerengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·edit-21 day agoThe imperial system and the US customary system are different for volume and weight Also, the metric system is french.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoYes, it was implemented during the French revolution.
minus-squareBerengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day agoCalled football everywhere except north America where you use the term football for the game you play with your hands…
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoAlso called soccer in Australia, South Africa, Japan, and a couple other places
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoi just want to call soccer “footie”. i still prefer sepak takraw though.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 hours 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-up2·1 day agoWell, at least it fits the theme with the ass backwards imperial system.
minus-squareTetsuo@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoIn the same theme I think they can now add the Gulf of America…
minus-squareJavi@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAnd was mostly used by public schoolboys who called rugby “rugger”.
The ironic thing is that the imperial system comes from Britain. It’s just that US decided to keep it.
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
So same as soccer
Called football everywhere except north America where you use the term football for the game you play with your hands…
Also called soccer in Australia, South Africa, Japan, and a couple other places
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.
In the same theme I think they can now add the Gulf of America…
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.
And was mostly used by public schoolboys who called rugby “rugger”.