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xg15yesterday at 12:03 AM3 repliesview on HN

"...what do you mean, 'World War One?'"


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tejohnsoyesterday at 12:25 AM

I remember reading a children's book when I was young and the fact that people used the phrase "World War One" rather than "The Great War" was a clue to the reader that events were taking place in a certain time period. Never forgot that for some reason.

I failed to catch the clue, btw.

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gaius_baltaryesterday at 12:39 AM

> "...what do you mean, 'World War One?'"

Oh sorry, spoilers.

(Hell, I miss Capaldi)

inferiorhumanyesterday at 12:31 AM

… what do you mean, an internet where everything wasn't hidden behind anti-bot captchas?