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Oh sh*t. It all makes sense now. I'm kind of ashamed to write this, but I had never realized what "radio button" actually means. I grew up knowing what they w
by _pferreir_ 14y ago
Oh sh*t. It all makes sense now.
I'm kind of ashamed to write this, but I had never realized what "radio button" actually means.
I grew up knowing what they were (I was born in the 80s), but English not being my primary language, I never considered that "radio button" might mean "the kind of button you have in a radio". And I never felt the need to look for a definition :)
(are you done laughing?)
- riklomas 14y agoTo be fair, English is my primary language and I've been doing web development for 10 years and I didn't know why they were called radio buttons until very recently!
- mistercow 14y agoI also grew up knowing what they were, and even as a native English speaker, I didn't make the connection to old car radios until I was an adult. I always figured it had something to do with "radius", since they have always (inexplicably, come to think of it) been presented as little circles.