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Some other words we could stop using for the same reason: Rope, rap, rapper, crepe, paper, wrapper, rapid...

• JabavuAdams 6y ago
  None of these are good examples. It's not the spelling. It's the pronunciation to native English speakers. "Rapey". There's no point getting on a high horse about people being adults, etc. Marketing and advertising empirically work, and not because people are stupid. A lot of time and money is spent thinking up good names and trying to avoid names with embarassing connotations. If a bunch of native English speakers are telling you that the name sounds bad to native English speakers, then it's worth at least considering rather than dismissing. EDIT> Reminds me of Rational Rose .petal files.
  • chriswitts 6y ago
    As a native English speaker I can attest that we sure as shit don't pronounce it "Rapey".
    • JabavuAdams 6y ago
      Consider the argument: "Tastier" doesn't bring to mind any associations with "Tasty" because we don't pronounce "Tastier" as "Tasty". Bad argument, right? Also, why am I wasting time responding? But it is fascinating the extents to which people seem to almost purposefully misunderstand each other online. I sometimes like to explore the space I guess.