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Re:Closing Keynote with Leslie Lamport at Scale 22x: Coding ... by miroljub on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @09:18AM (#43470857)
> a pyramid of shite

Why do some people use such abominations like "shite" or "shoot" instead of just using "shit"? C'mon lads, everyone knows what you want to say, why not just say it?

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Re:Closing Keynote with Leslie Lamport at Scale 22x: Coding ... by JimDabell on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @09:28AM (#43470998)
“Shite” isn’t a minced oath. It’s a different word to “shit” with a different etymology. Same as “feck” is a different word to “fuck”, even if they are used in the same way.
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Re:Closing Keynote with Leslie Lamport at Scale 22x: Coding ... by umanwizard on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @01:43PM (#43473920)
That’s not true at least according to etymonline. Got a source?
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Re:Closing Keynote with Leslie Lamport at Scale 22x: Coding ... by ChrisRR on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @10:53AM (#43472096)
Shite is a perfectly normal use in the UK, especially in Scotland. It has a slightly different effect to shit
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Re:Closing Keynote with Leslie Lamport at Scale 22x: Coding ... by anonzzzies on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @09:21AM (#43470904)
Some people don't live in the US woooow... In the UK and especially certain parts, shite is the actual word to use. Shite is definitely not the same as gosh or shoot. It's (more) vulgar as shit but our own.

I personally also don't like gosh or shoot as we all know what you mean, but this is not that case, look it up.

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Re:Closing Keynote with Leslie Lamport at Scale 22x: Coding ... by osigurdson on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @09:20AM (#43470885)
People can use whatever word they want.
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Re:Closing Keynote with Leslie Lamport at Scale 22x: Coding ... by bena on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @09:24AM (#43470939)
I'd imagine he's British. "Shite" seems to be the spelling favored by the British. Much like arse/ass
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Re:Closing Keynote with Leslie Lamport at Scale 22x: Coding ... by voidUpdate on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @10:18AM (#43471672)
We use both, in different circumstances
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Re:Closing Keynote with Leslie Lamport at Scale 22x: Coding ... by dpassens on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @09:23AM (#43470924)
Shite isn't a euphemism like shoot, it's a synonym of shit.
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