2026-09-29 06:02 UTC
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@jpm@aus.social 2026-09-29 06:05
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange they’re in .au as well, always struck me as a weird name
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@jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk 2026-09-29 06:15
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange It's just a pun. I can assure you that athlete's foot exists in Europe too.
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@VintageProject@oldbytes.space 2026-09-29 06:56
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange Yeah, it sometimes is the same thing the Chinese have, at least in Germany. We use English-sounding phrases to get an edge in marketing or just to sound fancy. I always cringe when there is a football thing, and they offer "Public Viewing" instead of good old public watching. The funnier ones are when we call a projector a "Beamer" or use a "Handy" instead of a mobile phone. I wouldn't be too surprised if a hiking ship opened here, named "The Trench Foot".
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@PipGowenlock@urbanists.social 2026-09-29 07:01
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange in the same way a hairdresser called Curl Up and Dye or a takeaway called The Chips Plaice do.