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It's a fair point (too late for me to change it) although as an Aussie I did understand what it meant. I felt the original title ("PC Never Died") was either va
by JacobAldridge 17y ago
It's a fair point (too late for me to change it) although as an Aussie I did understand what it meant. I felt the original title ("PC Never Died") was either vague or misleading, so went with a paraphrased quote from within the article ("71 percent of the 375 top colleges still have policies that severely restrict speech") that I thought summed up the content and relevance to HN.
- pyre 17y agoNo worries. The entire comment is a little anal (the last part being even moreso).
- ramchip 17y agoI think any Canadian with sufficient exposure to the Internet will get it, but here in Quebec we don't really use the words 'college' or 'community college'. I remember being a bit confused about its meaning at first.
- pyre 17y agoI've come across people that were mildly confused. Even with non-trivial amounts of exposure to American language-isms/culture it's still possible to over-look the nuances. There are probably a lot of instances where the context doesn't allow the listener to make the distinction between whether the 'Canadian definition' or 'American definition' of the term is being used (unless you're really paying attention for that sort of thing; like if someone told you to pay attention to it).