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Sifr is also a valid word both in Farsi, I think. An Ironic and cruel pun.
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akssri • today at 6:28 PM
More so if you know the etymology,
https://www.etymonline.com/word/cipher
(Al Jabr, the translator of Indian Mathematical texts was a Persian IIRC)
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buildbot • today at 2:10 PM
Random chance has a really good sense of humor!
Obscurity4340 • today at 3:54 PM
1/10 dentists hates nominative determinism. That dentist? Dr. Procter
ErroneousBosh • today at 6:16 PM
You'd be amazed how many firefighters I know called "Burns", even leaving aside Ayrshire where lots of people are not-too-distantly related to a famous poet who, to put it mildly, put it about a bit.
aaron695 • today at 2:21 PM
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> Sifr is also a valid word both in Farsi, I think
That is the root of 'cipher'; meaning zero/empty/nothingness.