Python Unicode handling wins again -- mostly

Roy Smith roy at panix.com
Sat Nov 30 20:27:57 EST 2013


In article <mailman.3431.1385860444.18130.python-list at python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:52:48 -0600, Tim Chase wrote:
> >
> >> On 2013-12-01 00:22, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> >>> * KELVIN SIGN versus LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
> >>
> >> I should hope so ;-)
> >
> >
> > I blame my keyboard, where letters A and K are practically right next to
> > each other, only seven letters apart. An easy typo to make.
> 
> “It’s an easy mistake to make” the PFY concurs “Many’s the time I’ve
> picked up a cattle prod thinking it was a lint remover as I’ve helped
> groom one of your predecessors before an important board meeting about
> slashing the IT budget.”
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/26/bofh_2010_episode_18/
> 
> ChrisA

What means "PFY"?  The only thing I can think of is "Poor F---ing 
Yankee" :-)



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