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Re:The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder hits the... by TeMPOraL on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:12PM (#13413090)
You win on letters, you lose on i18n. "Syfy" in Polish is plural of "syf", which means disorder, dirt, something ugly, or (probably also the origin of the word) syphilis.

Obviously, this made telling some friends about some shows I watched rather awkward. ;).

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Re:The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder hits the... by sandworm101 on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:43PM (#13413688)
And that is why i read hn.
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