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Cornelius Henning wrote:
Americans Think HTML Is An STD
Well, with Tinder ...
Quote: an “MP3” was a “Star Wars” robot.
MP3CPO!
Quote: identified “Blu-ray” as a marine animal
CodProject, anyone?
Cornelius Henning wrote: “software” is comfortable clothing
And hardware is what knights wore.
Quote: “USB” is the acronym for a European country.
United States Of Belgium.
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OriginalGriff wrote: United States Of Belgium.
That's actually not that far off the truth.
Given that there is Wallonia / flanders / brussels.
Only the united might be a bit much tho... 
Tom
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And how many could listen to oa conversation between say 2 doctors, or 2 structural engineers and understand all of their acronyms? Could you? Do you know every acronym used by banks in their dealing room?
You're an IT person, of course you know what those terms are. Way less than 1 in 9 Americans are IT people so they are actually doing quite well if only 1 in 9 get it wrong.
Sigh, I guess it's not fake news, no it's worse, it's even more pointless.
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I did post it with a joke icon, you know. 
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What? I thought this was supposed to be a serious discussion. 
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Lopatir wrote: And how many could listen to oa conversation between say 2 doctors, or 2 structural engineers and understand all of their acronyms? Could you? Do you know every acronym used by banks in their dealing room?
I wonder if some programmers go to the hardware store to look for a 'left' angle bracket when they need to fix a shelf?
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Let them have their fun. It's always cute when foreigners try to make fun of the US. It shows their jealousy. If they polled other countries, it would likely be even lower.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Hahaha!
Love these polls, they always find the stupidest of people to ask.
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Unless you do a side comparison with another country that makes us look better, you are just proving to the world that Yanks are retarded, as originally assumed. 
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This posting also proves that we can still laugh at ourselves - very necessary in the crazy world we inhabit today.
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I'd pick Canada. The public schools there are as bad as ours. 
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All bullsh<nobr>it<nobr>[^].
I know everyone here on CP finds it fashionable and fun to insult Americans, but citing 3 year-old fraudulent surveys made by garbage companies from the U.K.?
C'mon, you can be more inventive than that.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Don't care.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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It's an American that posted it.
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Yes. And I got the link off an American website: Msn.com. But I better duck and run. Now where's my coat?
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The nationality of the person posting it is immaterial. I noted that the survey was created by an outfit from the U.K.
Software Zen: delete this;
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So why would an American take any notice of it?
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You just can't fix stupid!
Don't let your mind wander too far.
It's too small to be let out alone.
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They created HTML as an experiment at CERN in the 1980.It leaked out ......
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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0) I wonder how many people that took the survey intentionally selected the most ridiculous answer simply because - well - anarchy.
1) When you look at the actual survey results, you'll see that a vast majority of people answered correctly, and I suspect you'd get similar results regardless of the country in which the survey is conducted.
2) I understand that you're simply singling out Americans because that's who took the survey, but it's like reverse discrimination. It's okay and funny to trash Americans, but it's abhorrent and evil to trash people from other countries. Just like only whites can be racists, but blacks don't have a racist bone in their body. Same sh|t, different day.
This really belongs in the soapbox, and I'm kinda surprised that wasn't obvious to someone as intelligent as you. I suppose there are stupid people in every country, but it looks like we need a pointless f*ckin survey to root them out.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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It was really not my intention to offend. My apologies if I did.
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