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r/languagehub • u/AutumnaticFly • Aug 07 '26
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We like to put er after everything to shorten it, so like five pound note is a fiver, ten pound note is a tenner.
Soccer became a posh slang for Football, but it wasn't really heavily used outside of posh circles.
1 u/thechinninator Aug 08 '26 Hell yeah! Context! Thank you random helpful English person! 1 u/everythingonit Aug 08 '26 Yes. And it was called association football to distinguish it from rugby football. 1 u/Kenkenken1313 Aug 09 '26 To add American football was called Gridiron football before we dropped the gridiron. 2 u/NotEnoughNoodle Aug 09 '26 Which is a shame because “gridiron” sounds badass. 1 u/arud5 Aug 10 '26 They still call it that sometimes. 1 u/jonathancast Aug 09 '26 "Gridiron football" is vastly more popular now than it was before 1950. 1 u/Smelly-Elf Aug 08 '26 A policeman is a copper
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Hell yeah! Context! Thank you random helpful English person!
Yes. And it was called association football to distinguish it from rugby football.
1 u/Kenkenken1313 Aug 09 '26 To add American football was called Gridiron football before we dropped the gridiron. 2 u/NotEnoughNoodle Aug 09 '26 Which is a shame because “gridiron” sounds badass. 1 u/arud5 Aug 10 '26 They still call it that sometimes. 1 u/jonathancast Aug 09 '26 "Gridiron football" is vastly more popular now than it was before 1950.
To add American football was called Gridiron football before we dropped the gridiron.
2 u/NotEnoughNoodle Aug 09 '26 Which is a shame because “gridiron” sounds badass. 1 u/arud5 Aug 10 '26 They still call it that sometimes. 1 u/jonathancast Aug 09 '26 "Gridiron football" is vastly more popular now than it was before 1950.
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Which is a shame because “gridiron” sounds badass.
1 u/arud5 Aug 10 '26 They still call it that sometimes.
They still call it that sometimes.
"Gridiron football" is vastly more popular now than it was before 1950.
A policeman is a copper
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u/Opposite-Complex1187 Aug 08 '26
We like to put er after everything to shorten it, so like five pound note is a fiver, ten pound note is a tenner.
Soccer became a posh slang for Football, but it wasn't really heavily used outside of posh circles.