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> The name comes from thrushes, a family of birds to which for instance blackbirds belong. Sure, but out of context I'd be willing to bet that isn't going to b
by hartror 10y ago
> The name comes from thrushes, a family of birds to which for instance blackbirds belong.
Sure, but out of context I'd be willing to bet that isn't going to be the thing that most women think of first.
10 hours on HN and no one has pointed that out?
- bananaoomarang 10y agoI'm male and my first thought was not birds.
- lifthrasiir 10y agoI am male and not an English native; I simply didn't know the word. Also, for your information, it seems that WordSafety [1] (as previously appeared on HN [2]) doesn't have it in the unwanted word list; the authors may well be unaware of that meaning. [1] http://wordsafety.com/ http://wordsafety.com/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10117297 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10117297
- microcolonel 10y agoOral thrush was what came to mind. Naming things is hard.
- gone35 10y agoThis library was written in Finland (at Aalto University). The contents of this website are © 2016 Pierre-Étienne Meunier and Florent Becker under the terms of the GFDL 1.3 or later. Maybe none of the authors/collaborators are native English speakers. Also thrush/candidiasis is definitely not a women's only thing.