Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)
by JetSetWilly on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:57AM
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He wasn’t just using British spelling, but British coloquialisms that are not taught abroad. And he clearly wrote at a “native” level.
And he was active - writing commits and emails - in UK hours, not American hours.
Is it some kind of US nationalism that insists on ignoring all this?
Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)
by finite_jest on Thursday December 30, 2021 @04:26AM
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> British coloquialisms that are not taught abroad
What are some examples of those?
Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)
by JetSetWilly on Thursday December 30, 2021 @04:44AM
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He would use terms like "bloody hard" or "wet blanket" which I would doubt are taught to foreigners learning English even with British spelling.
However - his spelling was a bit inconsistent. The "Len Sassaman" theory is interesting - as he was known to write in a somewhat British style (for whatever reason) - but not consistently - and was in the right timezone at the time. Or perhaps Satoshi was a synthesis of multiple different people which would explain a lot of the inconsistency as well.
Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)
by ashwagary on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:44AM
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>He would use terms like "bloody hard" or "wet blanket" which I would doubt are taught to foreigners learning English even with British spelling.
These coloquialisms are common in Africa/Asia. This is the case for most ex-colonies.
Nigerians, for example, follow this standard and they have 4 times the population of the UK.