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kps on Jan 7, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The first chosen-prefix collision for SHA-1

I'm in North America and have never heard ‘in shambles’, without ‘a’. If I did, I'd probably take it as uneducated sociolect.

umvi on Jan 7, 2020 | [–]

Fascinating. I'm guessing it's a regional thing where certain parts of the US say "in shambles" vs. "a shambles" vs. "in a shambles".

Not sure how it would be measured, but I think a /r/dataisbeautiful map would be interesting to see.

plopz on Jan 7, 2020 | [–]

NYC here, never have heard it with an 'a'. Its always just 'in shambles'.

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