Subj : Funny tech support story
To   : Andrey Mundirov
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Fri Jan 14 2022 08:31 pm

-=> 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". <G>

-- Sean

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