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I want to bet there were zero Greek VCs in the round :D (in Greek, "hasura" means huge loss, especially in investing context)
by aloukissas 7y ago
I want to bet there were zero Greek VCs in the round :D (in Greek, "hasura" means huge loss, especially in investing context)
- bdcravens 7y agoOdd. Google Translate says it's "encountered" https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=el&tl=en&text=hasura https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=el&t...
- aloukissas 7y agoYou're looking something more like https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto&tl=en&text=%CF%87%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B1 https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto... The spelling "hasura" is in what we call "Greeklish", i.e. Greek in English (ASCII, really) characters. This was common in early 2000s, where utf-8 support was not everywhere (web, SMS, etc) and writing in Greek characters had a high chance that the recipient would receive mumbo-jumbo.