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crazygringoyesterday at 4:27 PM2 repliesview on HN

That's more charitable. Alt is still short for Alternate though, not Alter.


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YeGoblynQueenneyesterday at 4:47 PM

I thought "Alt" in the title is meant in the sense of "stop", as in "halt", but on second thoughts maybe that only works in French (where h is always silent)?

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zokyyesterday at 4:31 PM

I mean, technically it’s short for alter on the way to being short for alternate