<p dir="ltr">You're correct, my impression of the term is based of what I experience in the US. If it is more widely used in other cultures that should be a consideration.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 20, 2014 12:27 PM, "Wladimir" <<a href="mailto:laanwj@gmail.com">laanwj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Chris Pacia <<a href="mailto:ctpacia@gmail.com">ctpacia@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The term bit is really only overloaded for those who are techy. 95% of the<br>
> population never uses the term bit in their daily lives and I doubt most<br>
> could even name one use of the term.<br>
> Plus bit used to be a unit of money way back when, so this is kind of<br>
> reclaiming it. I think it's a great fit.<br>
<br>
That's a very anglocentric way of thinking.<br>
<br>
Here in the Netherlands, a "bit" is something you put in a horses's<br>
mouth. It's also used as imported word (in the information sense).<br>
We've never used the term for money.<br>
<br>
Wladimir<br>
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