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20 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 December 2007 03:46AM

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Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 23 May 2010 11:10:20PM * 9 points [-]

Could it be a mistranscription? "Sikh" would make sense in context.

ETA: Guess not. I just listened to the YouTube clip. As ata says, she definitely pronounces an initial "sh" sound.

ETA2: Maybe she said "the chic", out of solidarity with those ridiculed for being too stylish.

Comment author: ata 23 May 2010 11:14:58PM * 2 points [-]

It sounds more like a "sh" in the video (around 3:10).