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For the Dutch speaking community, Orkut has always had a strange connotation to it, as part of the name is a swear word.
by karimmaassen 4y ago
For the Dutch speaking community, Orkut has always had a strange connotation to it, as part of the name is a swear word.
- geuis 4y agoOr or Kut?
- jeroenhd 4y agoKut, meaning something like "fuck" or, more literally, "cunt", but in terms of offensiveness it's closer to the Australian context of "cunt" than the American context. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kut#Noun_4 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kut#Noun_4 I don't think the name would be that much of a problem given how often the word is thrown around informally.
- brink 4y agoWell then it should be super popular.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoSaying it in public is one thing. Using it in branding that you want users to associate with is another.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoYes it's always been a weird name for us. Definitely put me off from even looking at it back in the day.
- usr1106 4y agoSame for Finnish, orkut is slang for orgasms. Sounds pretty amateurish to start a big service without running an international name check first.