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by TeMPOraL 3444 days ago
You win on letters, you lose on i18n. "Syfy" in Polish is plural of "syf", which means disorder, dirt, something ugly, or (probably also the origin of the word) syphilis.

Obviously, this made telling some friends about some shows I watched rather awkward. ;).

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And that is why i read hn.