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If taxi is an option, why not laser or computer?
by scotty79 3y ago
If taxi is an option, why not laser or computer?
- matsemann 3y agoIn Norwegian we say "datamaskin" for computer, aka "data machine". Laser we do say, however.
- tshaddox 3y agoThose are options! "Computer" in French is "ordinateur" and there are several other exceptions.
- zabzonk 3y agowell, laser is actually an acronym.
- b3orn 3y agoFor computer I give you a French ordinateur and a German Rechner (computer is more common but Rechner is still used).
- lopis 3y agoComputer isn't universal at all
- grishka 3y agoFunnily, Russian used to have its own acronym for computer — ЭВМ, literally "electronic calculating machine". My understanding is that it fell out of use when personal computers started getting imported into then-USSR sometime in the 80s.
- skykooler 3y agoComputer in Chinese is 电脑, pronounced “dian nao”; it roughly means “electric brain”.