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Is that just well-known in the UK though? I've mentioned this to people outside the UK and only occasionally have they known it.
by marcus_holmes 5y ago
Is that just well-known in the UK though? I've mentioned this to people outside the UK and only occasionally have they known it.
- skhr0680 5y agoI’ve seen it called the clbuttic problem
- OJFord 5y agoI'm also in the UK, so I don't really know. I thought/assumed it was fairly well-known among software engineers, HN, etc. (not discounting the day's 'lucky 10,000' of course) but not so much by others, regardless of country. :shrug:
- pjc50 5y agoNobody outside the UK has heard of Scunthorpe because it can't make it through the filters. (There's a ridiculously large list of innuendo place names for tiny villages: https://anglotopia.net/ultimate-list-of-funny-british-place-names/ https://anglotopia.net/ultimate-list-of-funny-british-place-... )
- marcus_holmes 5y agoOne of Douglas Adams' lesser-known but still hilarious works: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/douglas-adams/the-meaning-of-liff/9780752227597 https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/douglas-adams/the-meani...
- mbg721 5y agoHey now, it's not Bielefeld. In Ohio at least, the word it's concealing is taboo enough that nobody who does know wants to explain to their more-sheltered coworkers why the situation is funny. (Clearly the filter wasn't designed in Australia.)
- CRConrad 5y ago> Nobody outside the UK has heard of Scunthorpe The Register has lots of readers outside the UK, and it has never shied from -- on the contrary, seems it positively delights in -- blowing this stuff up in its pages.