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Sorry to be the 15 year old, but could they have not chosen a better name? Preemptively yes ive read the history of the name, but i doubt they didn't know th

Sorry to be the 15 year old, but could they have not chosen a better name? Preemptively yes ive read the history of the name, but i doubt they didn't know the homophone. The puns write themselves: More. Coq in Your Browser

mensetmanusman 7y ago
Came here for this comment. I thought the Internet was for productivity, not Coq!
- tomc1985 7y ago
  What a shame that this is being downvoted. More puns! If we pun them to death maybe they won't pick such silly names again
leoc 7y ago
> Preemptively yes ive read the history of the name, but i doubt they didn't know the homophone. Oh, from what I've heard, on pretty good authority, it was far from an accident. Apparently the French meaning of 'bit' is part of the backstory.
- valw 7y ago
  As a Frenchman, can confirm that the French homonym to 'bit' is the english homonym to 'Coq' ;)
  - umanwizard 7y ago
    English “bit” is not pronounced like French “bite”. The vowels in “bit” and “beat” (or “shit” and “sheet”, or “bitch” and “beach”, etc.), sound completely different to native English speakers. The latter is closer to French “bite”. The former does not exist in standard European French.
ducktypegoose 7y ago
Flesh-toned and harkening the imagry of many a 7th-grader's favorite bathroom doodle... A bold choice of icon for a software named Coq.
seanmcdirmid 7y ago
At least we don’t have to worry about what we would call It for touch-based devices. No easy way to do those kind of jokes in good taste.
oh_sigh 7y ago
Do you blush when ordering coq au vin in a restaurant?
Tade0 7y ago
The French have, in my opinion, overall a much healthier approach to sexuality than say, the British or Americans and I think there's much we can learn from them.
- jdonaldson 7y ago
  I don't really think it matters what the origin of the name is any more. The NIPS ML conference changed its name to NeurIPS, Mozilla spent $15K getting rid of the word "slave" in its repos. I personally don't believe this phenomenon is about sexuality per se. It's more of a never ending battle to remove all (real or perceived) traumatizing words from professional use, in the interest of inclusivity.
  - Rapzid 7y ago
    In the name of inclusivity. There was a huge outrage epidemic over the past decade. Video games journalism was in a very dark place for a while as one example. The drive by "code of conduct" assaults on Github projects as another. Mainstream news orgs cashing in on, and a whole new generation of blogger/vloggers riding a tide of outrage porn. Interesting times.
    - Causality1 7y ago
      Was? In my opinion it's still going on; they've just gotten better at dogpiling anyone who calls attention to it.
      - Rapzid 7y ago
        Fair. I feel like some of the communities finally found their voice and their patience for extremism peaked a couple/few years back but.. I also went from consuming most games journalism to barely reading any, so perhaps I'm just not exposed to the drama anymore. Seem to be a lot less drama in the OSS/software world though. John Cleese vs Extremism seems relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNhPMQnWu4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNhPMQnWu4
vultour 7y ago
Completely agree, this piece from another comment reads like it was taken straight out of Twitch chat: "From Coq Require Import List Omega"
AgentME 7y ago
I'm surprised to have seen this flagged and dead when it's generally one of the top comments on anything to do with CockroachDB (which I think is a very normal name in comparison). I'd feel weird about suggesting a tool at work called "vaj" or "tits" too. Feels a little much like encouraging a "boy's club" clique-y kind of atmosphere.
- jnordwick 7y ago
  The boys club aspect I think is very important, and I think this aspect of tech culture might get some attention, but for thet most part is dismissed.
- umanwizard 7y ago
  Coq is not pronounced like the English word “cock”. It also has no sexual or vulgar connotation whatsoever, and is just the standard French word for “rooster”.
  - AgentME 7y ago
    >Coq is not pronounced like the English word “cock”. Maybe they should mimic Facebook's name pronunciation bio line design feature and mention that obviously because that's news to me and people I've known that used the tool.
umanwizard 7y ago
Coq in French is pronounced more like “coke” than “cock”.

mensetmanusman 7y ago

Came here for this comment. I thought the Internet was for productivity, not Coq!

tomc1985 7y ago
What a shame that this is being downvoted. More puns! If we pun them to death maybe they won't pick such silly names again

leoc 7y ago

> Preemptively yes ive read the history of the name, but i doubt they didn't know the homophone. Oh, from what I've heard, on pretty good authority, it was far from an accident. Apparently the French meaning of 'bit' is part of the backstory.

valw 7y ago
As a Frenchman, can confirm that the French homonym to 'bit' is the english homonym to 'Coq' ;)
- umanwizard 7y ago
  English “bit” is not pronounced like French “bite”. The vowels in “bit” and “beat” (or “shit” and “sheet”, or “bitch” and “beach”, etc.), sound completely different to native English speakers. The latter is closer to French “bite”. The former does not exist in standard European French.

ducktypegoose 7y ago

Flesh-toned and harkening the imagry of many a 7th-grader's favorite bathroom doodle... A bold choice of icon for a software named Coq.

seanmcdirmid 7y ago

At least we don’t have to worry about what we would call It for touch-based devices. No easy way to do those kind of jokes in good taste.

oh_sigh 7y ago

Do you blush when ordering coq au vin in a restaurant?

Tade0 7y ago

The French have, in my opinion, overall a much healthier approach to sexuality than say, the British or Americans and I think there's much we can learn from them.

jdonaldson 7y ago
I don't really think it matters what the origin of the name is any more. The NIPS ML conference changed its name to NeurIPS, Mozilla spent $15K getting rid of the word "slave" in its repos. I personally don't believe this phenomenon is about sexuality per se. It's more of a never ending battle to remove all (real or perceived) traumatizing words from professional use, in the interest of inclusivity.
- Rapzid 7y ago
  In the name of inclusivity. There was a huge outrage epidemic over the past decade. Video games journalism was in a very dark place for a while as one example. The drive by "code of conduct" assaults on Github projects as another. Mainstream news orgs cashing in on, and a whole new generation of blogger/vloggers riding a tide of outrage porn. Interesting times.
  - Causality1 7y ago
    Was? In my opinion it's still going on; they've just gotten better at dogpiling anyone who calls attention to it.
    - Rapzid 7y ago
      Fair. I feel like some of the communities finally found their voice and their patience for extremism peaked a couple/few years back but.. I also went from consuming most games journalism to barely reading any, so perhaps I'm just not exposed to the drama anymore. Seem to be a lot less drama in the OSS/software world though. John Cleese vs Extremism seems relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNhPMQnWu4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNhPMQnWu4

vultour 7y ago

Completely agree, this piece from another comment reads like it was taken straight out of Twitch chat: "From Coq Require Import List Omega"

AgentME 7y ago

I'm surprised to have seen this flagged and dead when it's generally one of the top comments on anything to do with CockroachDB (which I think is a very normal name in comparison). I'd feel weird about suggesting a tool at work called "vaj" or "tits" too. Feels a little much like encouraging a "boy's club" clique-y kind of atmosphere.

jnordwick 7y ago
The boys club aspect I think is very important, and I think this aspect of tech culture might get some attention, but for thet most part is dismissed.
umanwizard 7y ago
Coq is not pronounced like the English word “cock”. It also has no sexual or vulgar connotation whatsoever, and is just the standard French word for “rooster”.
- AgentME 7y ago
  >Coq is not pronounced like the English word “cock”. Maybe they should mimic Facebook's name pronunciation bio line design feature and mention that obviously because that's news to me and people I've known that used the tool.

umanwizard 7y ago

Coq in French is pronounced more like “coke” than “cock”.