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Re:Ask HN: What happened to theregister.com? by runxel on Friday September 09, 2022 @12:16PM (#32781106)
Funny enough, as a person whose native language is not English, The Register always went above my head. I knew it was meant to be snarky or funny, but it always left me stumbling and I never was quite sure if not the whole page was just an elaborate shitjoke.
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Re:Ask HN: What happened to theregister.com? by nottorp on Friday September 09, 2022 @05:33PM (#32785190)
As a non native speaker who has watched everything Monty Python and read everything Adams and Pratchett (in English, i mean they're translatable but it's a HARD job), I loved the old El Reg.

When they changed tone i just thought they got bought out and gave up.

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Re:Ask HN: What happened to theregister.com? by LetMeInNowMate on Friday September 09, 2022 @05:25PM (#32785107)
As a Brit: Can I suggest this is not because your native language isn't English.... but is beacuse you are unfamiliar with our rather sly sense of humour?
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