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Is this a cultural thing? In Finnish 5" 1/4 used to be known as "lerppu" (floppy) and 3.5" as "korppu" (twice baked bread) but I've never heard that English wou
by oriolid 8y ago
Is this a cultural thing? In Finnish 5" 1/4 used to be known as "lerppu" (floppy) and 3.5" as "korppu" (twice baked bread) but I've never heard that English would have specific words for these.
- taejo 8y agoIn South Africa the 3.5" were "stiffies" but I don't think that word was used with that meaning anywhere else in the English-speaking world (and even in South Africa it triggered plenty of smirks and giggles in middle-school computing classes).
- bluedino 8y agoDisk/diskette
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Is this a cultural thing? Language inherently is; I was talking US English where, to my knowledge, they all originated.