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progvaltoday at 10:20 AM1 replyview on HN

An interesting case is "WiFi", short for "wireless fidelity". "Fidélité sans fil" in French should be feminine, but every technical person says "le WiFi" (masculine) while many (most?) non-technical people intuitively say "la WiFi" (feminine).


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ButlerianJihadtoday at 10:22 AM

If you keep your access point secure and in good working order, or if you can flash any firmware into OpenWRT... make sure to publicly credit your excellent "Wi-fu"

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