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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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