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		Izkata on Feb 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If architects had to work like programmers (1995) > Sparkies (put wires in) Is this industry jargon, a translation, something else I'm not aware of? I'd think this was "electricians".

scott_w on Feb 21, 2024 [–]

Yeah, its “electrician,” I suspect it’s a British localism because I learned it from my dad (who was a sparkie before he retired).

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