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But it's only used in written form. You don't actually say out loud "kay eight es", do you?
by fainpul 11mo ago
But it's only used in written form. You don't actually say out loud "kay eight es", do you?
- arccy 11mo agokate's
- fainpul 11mo agoSeriously? What if you have a Kate in your team?
- jabbywocker 11mo agoThen she ends up taking the blame for causing lots of headaches from people that can’t parse context
- lloeki 11mo agoIt's sometimes Kate, Jason, or Yamal. But it's always Dennis.
- 63stack 11mo agoThe automated system rejects their CV when applying obviously
- phantasmish 11mo agoHaha, oh my, no. That would be silly. Clearly it’s “Kates”. Like “sk8er boy”.
- fainpul 11mo agoHow do you say i18n?
- phantasmish 11mo agoIn my head? Something like slurring the word “internationalization” combined with 18. “Ill-ateen-yon” (In general I hate these numeric abbreviations, they’re terribly opaque to anyone who’s not clued in)
- neomantra 11mo agoOne of my favorite T shirts is a custom black one that says `f2k i18n` in a white typewriterish coding font. (Thanks Roman!) Most people are confused by it. When I start to explain it, I sound like a jerk who hates foreigners. The programmers on the street point and smile at it. If they work in `l14n`, they come up and give me a hug.
- jodrellblank 11mo agoinstitutionalization
- someguyiguess 11mo agoEye eighteenin
- xg15 11mo agoKates vs Jate?
- torben-friis 11mo agoKocho rolls out the tongue for Spanish speakers. Sounds like “coso” (“thingy”, mildly despective).