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Something "fast" named "snabb", from Switzerland. I bet they get their kicks out of triggering Swedish people. Snabb is Swedish for fast. Switzerland is often

by tpmx 6y ago

Something "fast" named "snabb", from Switzerland. I bet they get their kicks out of triggering Swedish people. Snabb is Swedish for fast. Switzerland is often confused with Sweden and vice-versa, stereotypically by the under-educated kind of americans. Grr. :]

jacobush 6y ago
Their logo also seems to be a tiger! :-D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_svensk_tiger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_svensk_tiger
kristoffer 6y ago
Well the creator of Snabb lives in Sweden.
- patrec 6y ago
  He used to, but I believe he now resides in Switzerland.
  - lukego 6y ago
    Moved back to Sweden recently, as it happens :)
    - tpmx 6y ago
      Sorry about the timing :)
fwip 6y ago
Two letters should be enough for every country!
- tuukkah 6y ago
  It can be confusing how the country code for Sweden is .se (from "Sverige"?) but the language code for Swedish is sv (from "svenska"?).
  - Legogris 6y ago
    Similarly, ja_JP, ne_NP, nb_NO, my_MM, sl_SI.
    - stereo 6y ago
      Luxembourg is .lu, but the language code is LB. It causes all kinds of funny bugs when people set their language code to 'lu' and end up with things like date strings automatically translated to Luba-Katanga, a very melodic and completely different language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  - yencabulator 6y ago
    .sv is El Salvador; both SE and SV were assigned in the same 1974 standard.
    - tuukkah 6y ago
      Yeah, and as a language code, "se" refers to Northern Sami.
CogitoCogito 6y ago
This is the first thing I noticed! I guess the reason is maybe just that the creator used to live in Sweden (as indicated in the comments below), but I would like to believe this some inside joke among the Swiss workers. As a Swede, I find it hilarious. :) edit: Looking at the older threads linked above I found this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8009309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8009309 Oh well I still choose to believe the Swiss are trolling the Swedes. :)

by tpmx 6y ago

jacobush 6y ago

Their logo also seems to be a tiger! :-D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_svensk_tiger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_svensk_tiger

kristoffer 6y ago

Well the creator of Snabb lives in Sweden.

patrec 6y ago
He used to, but I believe he now resides in Switzerland.
- lukego 6y ago
  Moved back to Sweden recently, as it happens :)
  - tpmx 6y ago
    Sorry about the timing :)

fwip 6y ago

Two letters should be enough for every country!

tuukkah 6y ago
It can be confusing how the country code for Sweden is .se (from "Sverige"?) but the language code for Swedish is sv (from "svenska"?).
- Legogris 6y ago
  Similarly, ja_JP, ne_NP, nb_NO, my_MM, sl_SI.
  - stereo 6y ago
    Luxembourg is .lu, but the language code is LB. It causes all kinds of funny bugs when people set their language code to 'lu' and end up with things like date strings automatically translated to Luba-Katanga, a very melodic and completely different language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- yencabulator 6y ago
  .sv is El Salvador; both SE and SV were assigned in the same 1974 standard.
  - tuukkah 6y ago
    Yeah, and as a language code, "se" refers to Northern Sami.

CogitoCogito 6y ago

This is the first thing I noticed! I guess the reason is maybe just that the creator used to live in Sweden (as indicated in the comments below), but I would like to believe this some inside joke among the Swiss workers. As a Swede, I find it hilarious. :) edit: Looking at the older threads linked above I found this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8009309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8009309 Oh well I still choose to believe the Swiss are trolling the Swedes. :)