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SkyeCAyesterday at 5:52 PM1 replyview on HN

> You should never reach for a language you are not fluent in for a name

I agree, but that still doesn't stop funny name related issues between languages. One of my favourites was Pidora (a Fedora release for the RPI) which caused offence to some Russian speakers.


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ddellacostayesterday at 6:13 PM

Heh good point. Coq comes to mind too...there was something else recently that sounded terrible in French..."Bitchat" maybe?