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> Is this a uniquely US thing? No, in Russia people have been xerring documents since photocopiers appeared there.
by orthoxerox 3y ago
> Is this a uniquely US thing?
No, in Russia people have been xerring documents since photocopiers appeared there.
- richie_adler 3y ago"Xerring"? Not "xeroxing"?
- antender 3y agoYep, in Russian xerring (ксерить) sounds way better because "ox" part is rarely used in native words.
- richie_adler 3y agoTIL. Thanks!
- miki123211 3y agoPolish does the same thing, ksero for the machine, kserować for the verb (wać is a somewhat common verb ending for the infinitive).
- notpushkin 3y agoUsername checks out, haha.
- culebron21 3y agoYou should add that kserokopiya (xerocopy) has been in laws for ages. Like "to have the car insurance original or xerocopy".