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minus-squareKnightfox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·edit-23 days agoI’m so confused, you didn’t have the room to write “calculator”, but you had the room to write “(calc is short for calculator btw)” …
minus-squareJimmycrackcrack@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoI think the implication was supposed to be that the Americans call calculators “calcs” and the image wants to ridicule them for that. I have to say I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that outside of maybe software names, but I’m not from the US.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoNobody in the us says that, it sounds like something we’d make up and say the British say.
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoFor those that joined the stream recently, they’re just using slang
I’m so confused, you didn’t have the room to write “calculator”, but you had the room to write “(calc is short for calculator btw)”
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I think the implication was supposed to be that the Americans call calculators “calcs” and the image wants to ridicule them for that. I have to say I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that outside of maybe software names, but I’m not from the US.
Nobody in the us says that, it sounds like something we’d make up and say the British say.
For those that joined the stream recently, they’re just using slang