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There was one point in the interview where I thought "ah, this gives me a clue where he's from!" -- the use of the term "fortnight". I don't know of any America
by bitops 13y ago
There was one point in the interview where I thought "ah, this gives me a clue where he's from!" -- the use of the term "fortnight". I don't know of any American who uses this term, so I'd guess he's in the UK. Also the use of the term "Uni".
- daeken 13y agoI use "fortnight" and I'm born and raised in the US.
- wglb 13y agoFurlongs per fortnight, in particular, was very popular in the engineering classes when discussing velocity.
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- k1kingy 13y agoThese terms are not just used in the UK. Very common in Australasia.
- jon2512chua 13y agoAnd quite a lot of the commonwealth countries.
- bored 13y agoHe also says "mummy and daddies" https://blog.whitehatsec.com/interview-with-a-blackhat-part-2/#.UZ7RtMqAkWk https://blog.whitehatsec.com/interview-with-a-blackhat-part-...
- JacobAldridge 13y agoI've only just noticed (since you made me think of it) that 'fortnight' is an abbreviation of 'fourteen nights'.
- clarkm 13y agoMy favo[u]rite tell is this answer from Part 1: > A: Erm, depends.
- friendly_chap 13y agoI immediately noticed he is from the UK, I speak with too many englanders to not recognize the the cocky tone littered with lols and hahas... It's like they are too cool to give a shit about sounding mature... Also the fraud scene in the UK is incredibly big ATM.
- jumblesale 13y agoToo right, bloody limeys! Do you have any evidence for the size of the fraud scene in the UK at the moment or was that just a baseless non sequitur to round off your delightful rant about the character of those deplorable English persons?
- friendly_chap 13y agoDon't get me wrong I love English people! Well, I have no scientific evidence to back up my claims (deadly sin, I know...) it's mostly the personal experience of my friends who lived in multiple countries, which closely matched this documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA4R84xfLOQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA4R84xfLOQ
- allstruck 13y agoThis could just as easily be a result of being "raised" on international chat rooms. If they're really smart then they would purposefully mask their identity by using words and sentence structure uncommon in their usual communications.