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Re:Tesla hikes solar roof price on contracts signed over a y... by kwhitefoot on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:32AM (#26777126)
That's because you DKVF :-)

It's unusual an dated in the US but unexceptional in the UK.

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Re:Tesla hikes solar roof price on contracts signed over a y... by drawfloat on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:44AM (#26777194)
I've never seen anyone spell it "rooves" in the UK. It's roofs.
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Re:Tesla hikes solar roof price on contracts signed over a y... by kzzzznot on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:47AM (#26777210)
Hilariously, someone tried to petition parliament to change the spelling. It was rejected (quite understandably) because

"The UK Government or Parliament is not responsible for setting the "official spelling" of words."

https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/268579

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Re:Tesla hikes solar roof price on contracts signed over a y... by kzzzznot on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:46AM (#26777205)
What does DKVF stand for?
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Re:Tesla hikes solar roof price on contracts signed over a y... by shawabawa3 on Monday April 12, 2021 @07:42AM (#26778264)
Guessing it's play on AFAIK = as far as I know

DKVF = don't know very far?

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Re:Tesla hikes solar roof price on contracts signed over a y... by kwhitefoot on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:41PM (#26798973)
Yes, that's what I meant.
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