Americans will make fun of British words, then invent words like "scrimmage" 
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@vaporeon_ it comes from Middle English fur “skirmish” (“scrymmage,” an alteration of “skyrmissh”), so really the brits invented that one
@vaporeon_ yes; though from what i can tell, you would usually use “skyrmissh” instead
@aescling Please tell me more about Middle English, I think it's really cool that you know that sort of thing
@vaporeon_ i’m just repurrting what i can gather from the etymology; i don’t really know middle english
@aescling Am I reading this correctly, "skirmish" was "scrymmage" in Middle English?