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> Google is _the worst_ for that. At least hCaptcha is a bit less culturally specific.

One example I keep ranting about: I think countries outside the US have different terms for "crosswalks".

I personally know them as "zebra crossings", and it took a while for the reCaptcha request to click in my mind.




Pedestrian crossings here. I'd also not heard the term "crosswalk" until reCaptcha. Yet another bullshit Americanisation infecting the worlds culture.




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