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How to reproduce:
human - F**k
process - Fork

Is that skeumorphism of words/sound by Unix developers ?

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  • 7
    It's probably a back-skeuomorphism. The original metaphor was like a fork in the road, or of the tines on the silverware of the same name.

    And then someone noticed it sounded a lot like that other word.
  • 1
    @greyfade maybe they thought the same thing about roads......the plot deepens.
  • 5
    @irene No, no, no! That's exactly what THEY (the road fork conspirators) want you to think!!
  • 1
    I don't think so, you can cat a file, but you can't dog it...

    (PS You partially can: alias dog=cat)
  • 0
    "Mademoiselle, voulez-vous Furche ?"
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