• fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
      7·
      18 days ago

      A retired British footballer (generally considered a very good one), and England’s “great hope” in the 1998 Football World Cup.

      “Little Michael Owen is England’s great hope, he’s only 18, and he’s playing in the World Cup. If we lose, we’ll blame everything on him. No pressure”.

      • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        17 days ago

        Fortunately we blamed it all on Beckham instead.

        If you’re going to kick another player and get sent off, at least kick them hard…

  • LinktankEnglish
    618·
    19 days ago

    What does a sweater have to do with jumping?

      • LinktankEnglish
        310·
        19 days ago

        Yes and I am demanding explanations.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
          7·
          18 days ago

          Only if Americans can explain why they cannot pronounce a simple four-letter word correctly.

          • LinktankEnglish
            16·
            18 days ago

            Okay pronunciation complaints coming from your half of the water are hilarious. Keep them coming.

            Edit: Like give me some examples here!

      • LinktankEnglish
        4·
        19 days ago

        Well you sweat when jumping for one thing.

          • LinktankEnglish
            2·
            18 days ago

            The lack of logical explanations for why it’s called a jumper are deafening.

            • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
              2·
              18 days ago

              It looks like one of those “vague, unsure” ones, it’s perhaps too old a word, and with too many vague, possible sources.

              Some bits of dictionaries suggest various etymologies - it likely drifted from words in Gaelic, Scots, Arabic and French, like “jupe”, “jump”, “juppe” “jubbe” and so on, which tended to mean things like “smock”, “jacket” or whatever. It’s been around in English for various clothing types for a few hundred years, and referred specifically to the woollen pullover thing from the picture above for 100-150 years.

              It has no relation at all to jump as in “leap”.