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Nu means naked in Portuguese (and Spanish I think?) Maybe they wanted to avoid all the lazy puns. A pretty significant part of the world speaks either of those
by kranke155 5y ago
Nu means naked in Portuguese (and Spanish I think?)
Maybe they wanted to avoid all the lazy puns. A pretty significant part of the world speaks either of those two languages.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoFuturama fans are going to have fun with this one and the Omicron Persei invasion.
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- tommiegannert 5y agoIt would probably be reported as Ni or Ny in Spanish: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfabeto_griego#Letras https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfabeto_griego#Letras
- lottin 5y ago"Nu" means nude in Portuguese, French and Catalan, but that's the masculine form, whereas the noun variant is feminine, therefore "nu variant" would never be mistaken for "nude variant". But even if it could be misinterpreted, I don't think anybody would care.
- kergonath 5y agoVariant is masculine in French. Well, the feminine form “variante” exists as well, but is not used in this context. Also, both the masculine and feminine forms, “nu” and “nue”, are pronounced exactly the same. “Le variant nu” in French would always be ambiguous.
- kranke155 5y agoWhat? Lol it would be a PR mess in Latin America, Portugal, Spain and parts of Africa. I speak Portuguese and I can assure you what you’ve written is funny nonsense. No one would care about this when making the 1000th internet meme.