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Comment by jltsiren | Hacker News Reader

This must be something language/culture dependent. To a native Finnish speaker, labeling the button that resets the internet connection as "internet reset" makes perfect sense. Just like the power button only switches the power on/off for that particular device but not for the rest of the world.

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The entire commercial aviation industry operates using the english language. All pilots communicate with all airports via english. I'm sure FAs are most proficient in english too. Its the lingua franca of the biz.

I meant that I would label the button that resets the internet connection "internet reset", and there would be nothing weird or amusing about that. Because my native language is Finnish, English words often have subtly different meanings to me than to a native English speaker, even when we agree on the literal meaning of the word.

I think we’re ready for ‘Lingua Anglica’.

Actually reset is kinda weird term.

Internet is not working Solution: Set it again to working condition, thus reset Internet.

Sometimes it is pointless to go to technical details. I was on flight with issues with infotainment systems, they fixed it by restarting them. Or reset.

This is a very confusing message.

The "internet reset" message makes sense in all languages that I know. Same with the power button.

What do you think they mean in other languages?

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