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minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down8·11 months agoWhy didn’t you type “read the FA”? For exactly the same reason This community is shit now, it’s just bombarded with US news that drowns everything else out
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·11 months agoBecause FA is not as common an initialism.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·11 months agoCT where I live means “Contrôle technique” though. I’d be inclined to specify if I posted that
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·11 months agoIt also stands for “computed tomography” but the author foolishly thought that readers could follow context clues
minus-squareSpuddlesv2@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·11 months agoSorry champ but you’re wrong. I lived in the US for half a decade and even I struggled to place CT. My first thought was actually that it was a Canadian province. Not everyone is raised thinking America is the defacto for literally everything.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·11 months agoNope. The Internet is in America.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·11 months agoIt’s only contextual in one country though, that’s my point
Why didn’t you type “read the FA”? For exactly the same reason
This community is shit now, it’s just bombarded with US news that drowns everything else out
Because FA is not as common an initialism.
CT where I live means “Contrôle technique” though. I’d be inclined to specify if I posted that
It also stands for “computed tomography” but the author foolishly thought that readers could follow context clues
Sorry champ but you’re wrong. I lived in the US for half a decade and even I struggled to place CT. My first thought was actually that it was a Canadian province. Not everyone is raised thinking America is the defacto for literally everything.
Nope. The Internet is in America.
Ok champ.
It’s only contextual in one country though, that’s my point