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Re:Google Recently Made A Silent Shift To A New Search Algor... by crucini on Thursday September 26, 2013 @10:13PM (#6454868)
There must be a name for this syndrome - tendency of US-based developers to over-exoticize foreign places, taking at face value all official units of measure, languages, etc.
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Re:Google Recently Made A Silent Shift To A New Search Algor... by benvd on Friday September 27, 2013 @07:49AM (#6456453)
When it comes to grammar, the term hypercorrection is typically used. Seems like it could be applied here as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection

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