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Re:Don't Say Velcro (2017) by orthoxerox on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:08AM (#38805001)
> Is this a uniquely US thing?

No, in Russia people have been xerring documents since photocopiers appeared there.

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Re:Don't Say Velcro (2017) by culebron21 on Friday December 29, 2023 @12:18PM (#38807515)
You should add that kserokopiya (xerocopy) has been in laws for ages. Like "to have the car insurance original or xerocopy".
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Re:Don't Say Velcro (2017) by richie_adler on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:14AM (#38805074)
"Xerring"? Not "xeroxing"?
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Re:Don't Say Velcro (2017) by antender on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:19AM (#38805124)
Yep, in Russian xerring (ксерить) sounds way better because "ox" part is rarely used in native words.
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Re:Don't Say Velcro (2017) by miki123211 on Friday December 29, 2023 @11:25AM (#38806694)
Polish does the same thing, ksero for the machine, kserować for the verb (wać is a somewhat common verb ending for the infinitive).
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Re:Don't Say Velcro (2017) by richie_adler on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:24AM (#38805185)
TIL. Thanks!
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Re:Don't Say Velcro (2017) by notpushkin on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:27AM (#38805229)
Username checks out, haha.
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