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As I remember, somebody brought up the Italian meaning, but they decided that's irrelevant
by avodonosov 10y ago
As I remember, somebody brought up the Italian meaning, but they decided that's irrelevant
- coliveira 10y agoFunny and sad to see that the meaning in the ORIGINAL language was considered to be irrelevant... This shows the level of respect our culture has for others.
- patrickg_zill 10y agoIf it is also a geographical place name, though...
- Pamar 10y agoI don't find it insulting (as an Italian), just odd. And even if they dismissed when found out it I am not outraged: it is hard to look for obscure terms in all languages to make sure you don't get bad associations in Sumerian or whatever. I just wanted to know what process (if any) they followed to pick that specific name.
- avodonosov 10y agoOriginal? Why original, it's not. Just a coincidence. It's very often for brand names to collide with slang or even obscene word in some of the world languages.
- coliveira 10y agoThis is a word with no meaning in English, and which not only has an Italian meaning but also clearly looks like an Italian word. So why do you have a problem in understanding that Italian is the original language from where this word was taken from? What do you think if somebody in Italy named an international piece of software as "MotherFk" and said: who cares what this means in English... I guess you would be appalled by the lack of cultural concern.
- avodonosov 10y agoOne of the first links in google: http://www.oddee.com/item_93544.aspx http://www.oddee.com/item_93544.aspx The word is not taken from Italian, it was invented first, and then somebody said it collides with an Italian word. If they changed the name to avoid Italian clash they could collide with Swahili or some other of hundreds of the worlds languages.