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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to c/cunkposting@lemmy.world

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Yes, I know Arabic and Islamic are not synonymous. I was stretching for a silly title.

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[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 96 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Fun fact, the etymology of algebra actually is Arabic: al-jabr, “the reunion of broken parts.”

[–] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

That’s smooth af.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago

And "algorithm" is of similar origin: al-Khwarizmi

[–] expr@programming.dev 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was kinda confused by the joke since that's ultimately it's origin.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The joke is she's right on accident

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

She is not right on accident. Her sounding stupid is the joke. She knows what she's talking about. Her comedy skits are all like this.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I meant Cunk the character, not the wickedly funny woman who plays her.

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Oh. I read that wrong. Sorry.

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Man I feel like if we called it that, people would think it's way cooler.