'Autocorrect in @washingtonpost <https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/>: "Gare de l'Est" becomes "Gare de l'Eastern time." Article by @Claremch <https://twitter.com/Claremch/>, "How Russian emigres scratched out a living once they lost their world of riches." Also an editing lapse of course, and no, I couldn't find this article online.' https://twitter.com/Seth4MC/status/1508059818598219777 (Not-so-fun fact: in one round of C language standardization, it took months of repeated effort to get "time zone name" changed to "time zone name or abbreviation.") @dashdashado
ado wrote:
'Autocorrect in @washingtonpost <https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/>: "Gare de l'Est" becomes "Gare de l'Eastern time."
I think it's here, and the autocorrect-o is still present as I write this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/25/how-russian-emigres-scratc...
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