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   Sean Dennis to Andrey Mundirov   
   Funny tech support story   
   14 Jan 22 20:31:02   
   
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   -=> Andrey Mundirov wrote to mark lewis <=-   
      
    AM> I'm surprised this problem existed in English-speaking   
    AM> countries, where everyone knows meaning of word "any".   
    AM> In Russia it was much harder, because in 90's most software   
    AM> was not translated to Russian. We even had special job   
    AM> title "anykeyshik" - junior sysadmin who tells users where   
    AM> is "any key".   
      
   I think it's because the average computer user wasn't as educated in using a   
   computer and took the "any key" literally ... looking for a key labeled   
   "any".    
      
   -- Sean   
      
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