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That one's even odder - that's the compromise between the English version, which would be CUT and the French version which would be TUC ... i.e. none of the abo
by NovemberWhiskey 4y ago
That one's even odder - that's the compromise between the English version, which would be CUT and the French version which would be TUC ... i.e. none of the above.
- emmelaich 4y agoCUT and TUC are probably naughty words in some language. CUT is close the the Dutch kut.
- layer8 4y agoTUC is a brand of crackers well-known in France, so maybe that’s why they didn’t insist on the French version. And CUT obviously didn’t make the cut. ;)
- dontlaugh 4y agoAlso the Trade Union Congress in the UK, of which some of the people involved in the standard may have been members at the time.