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[–] markz@suppo.fi 42 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

F doesn't come after 5, must be a 7!

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

6 comes after 5 and the 6th letter is F

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FFF - the letter of the feast.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago

FFT the Fast Fourier Transform wait what where we talking about again

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Well, F is the sixth letter in the alphabet.

Alternatively, it could be fifteen, which is after five.

[–] Pothetato@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

A mistake plus keleven, gets you home by seven!

[–] simbico@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

feight ... fine

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

According to my eldest brother, that's the British way of writing it. I don't know if that's true, though.

[–] llamatron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No. No it isn't.

Source: Am British

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Well, good to know. That was most likely my misunderstanding rather than his error. Thank you for the cultural clarification!