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by orthoxerox 907 days ago
> Is this a uniquely US thing?

No, in Russia people have been xerring documents since photocopiers appeared there.
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culebron21 906 days ago
You should add that kserokopiya (xerocopy) has been in laws for ages. Like "to have the car insurance original or xerocopy".
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richie_adler 907 days ago
"Xerring"? Not "xeroxing"?
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antender 907 days ago
Yep, in Russian xerring (ксерить) sounds way better because "ox" part is rarely used in native words.
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miki123211 906 days ago
Polish does the same thing, ksero for the machine, kserować for the verb (wać is a somewhat common verb ending for the infinitive).
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richie_adler 907 days ago
TIL. Thanks!
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notpushkin 907 days ago
Username checks out, haha.
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