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		whoisburbansky on April 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programmer interrupted: The cost of interruption a... Huh, I really thought `shufti` was a typo in this context, and one that sounded funny to my Middle Eastern ears, so I was surprised to discover it's a real word, albeit with Middle Eastern origins [1]. 1. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shufti

ChrisMarshallNY on April 6, 2023 [–]

I was raised amongst a lot of brits (me mum was one), but I’ve left a lot of that behind (I had a British accent, as a child).

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