• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      CT where I live means “Contrôle technique” though. I’d be inclined to specify if I posted that

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        10 months ago

        It also stands for “computed tomography” but the author foolishly thought that readers could follow context clues

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          10 months ago

          Sorry champ but you’re wrong. I lived in the US for half a decade and even I struggled to place CT. My first thought was actually that it was a Canadian province. Not everyone is raised thinking America is the defacto for literally everything.