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Re:The Afsluitdijk by 52-6F-62 on Saturday December 21, 2019 @10:30AM (#21851602)
Yeah. Dijkstra is easy. It’s really common around the Hamilton, Ontario area where there’s a large Dutch population.

At least in bastardized Anglo pronounciation it’s always been: Dike-struh

No idea what it means, though from the context of this thread I’m assuming it has something to do with dykes!

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Re:The Afsluitdijk by vitno on Saturday December 21, 2019 @10:39AM (#21851659)
It's a joke about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra
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Re:The Afsluitdijk by 52-6F-62 on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @08:22AM (#21871838)
Interesting. I like this guy.
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Re:The Afsluitdijk by gpvos on Monday December 23, 2019 @02:04PM (#21866211)
It basically means dike-ster (from dike-sitter), someone who lives on or near a dike. The -a is a remnant of an old grammatical case.
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