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358 points timsehn | 6 comments | 30 Mar 20 20:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.222s | source | bottom
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timdorr ◴[31 Mar 20 01:11 UTC] No.22734024[source]▶
Any reason or history behind the name? It means "a stupid person", which seems like a bad choice IMHO: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolt
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StavrosK ◴[31 Mar 20 01:13 UTC] No.22734040[source]▶
What does git mean?
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1. dnautics ◴[31 Mar 20 01:54 UTC] No.22734245[source]▶
honestly, maybe this reflects my americanness but I presumed it was derived from the (western film/culture) word, a corruption of 'get'. Today I learned that it means something else in british.
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2. StavrosK ◴[31 Mar 20 01:56 UTC] No.22734254[source]▶
Oh huh, I didn't realize it didn't mean the same in American English. I guess I knew it, I just never realized it.
3. hinkley ◴[31 Mar 20 02:54 UTC] No.22734532[source]▶
You can hardly watch more than a few hours of british comedy without someone being called a 'stupid git' at some point.
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4. irrational ◴[31 Mar 20 05:54 UTC] No.22735217[source]▶
I learned about the British meaning from reading the Harry Potter books.
5. dnautics ◴[31 Mar 20 06:23 UTC] No.22735331[source]▶
Sadly my consumption of British comedy has been -it crowd (of course), -monty python, and -mr bean (no words)

It's such a short word I'd probably have missed it or misheard it as 'cad' or something.

6. lordgrenville ◴[31 Mar 20 15:31 UTC] No.22738483[source]▶
Or listen to the Beatles https://genius.com/836309