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He's Finnish. Most of the English-second-language speaking world learns British English, so I'd expect that he definitely understood the word. > I'm an egotist
by wyldfire 2y ago
He's Finnish. Most of the English-second-language speaking world learns British English, so I'd expect that he definitely understood the word.
> I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'Git'".
- actionfromafar 2y agoIt seems he knew, but I can say I never learned "git" in school.
- anthk 2y ago>British English Academia it's just a few years long. After that... the 90% of the media it's American English.
- xanderlewis 2y agoI haven’t met many Finns, but the Swedes I’ve met seem to have learnt most of their English from watching American television and YouTubers. Knowing a word isn’t the same as having a lifetime of hearing it in varying contexts.