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Okay, let's try this again (lemmy.world)
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[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 40 points 4 months ago

It's not though. That's a myth. It was created by latine nonbinary math nerds on old internet message boards. Since they were math nerds, they used x to represent a variable that could be anything. They only designed it for use on message boards, they never thought about how to pronounce it. You're allowed to think those latine geeks did a bad job, but calling them English speakers is factually incorrect.

[-] lenz@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 months ago

Source? I wanna see the old message board post! Just out of curiosity, genuinely.

[-] daltotron@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

It was created by latine nonbinary math nerds on old internet message boards.

you know, sometimes I do think the world is cool

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