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This happens a lot with folks who aren't native English speakers. It took me years to find out that "bash", "lisp", "git", "grub", etc are actual words. Also,
by yakireev 5y ago
This happens a lot with folks who aren't native English speakers. It took me years to find out that "bash", "lisp", "git", "grub", etc are actual words.
Also, "tinder" - how the are you supposed to know what that is if you're learning the language in XXI century? It took me way too long to realize that "tinder", "match" and the fire logo are a clever wordplay.
- mkr-hn 5y agoDid you ever play a Sonic game? Miles "Tails" Prower's name is a play on Miles Per Hour. Even a lot of native English speakers in mile-using countries miss it. I try to take a Today's Lucky 10,000 approach to these situations.
- kazinator 5y agoA few weeks ago, while driving, my eyes fixated on some Mitsubishi car's logo, and my mind wandered off: what is this "bishi"? That must just be rendaku from some "hishi"? Wait, I know what that is: hishi is water chestnut, which serves as a metaphor for the rhombus shape "hishigata" (like the word "diamond" does in English). So then it of course hit me: doh, three (mitsu) diamonds (hishi) in the logo.