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I must mention that in Finnish the word 'akka' is a derogatory word for 'woman'. It's used the same way as the words 'hag' and 'bitch'. Also this: http://en.wi

• ryanoneill 15y ago
  This was also mentioned in passing on the Software Engineering Radio Podcast that they did with Jonas Boner. It came up in the context of discussing Mist and what that word means in German.
• blinkingled 15y ago
  Hehe. In India (Maharashtra mostly) Akka is a word used to call a woman - except in India it's said respectfully. One could call their elder sister or older aunt with that name for example.
• leejoramo 15y ago
  Where as I only read the article because Akka is the wise and loving Goose in the Swedish Children's story "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" by Selma Lagerlof (who won the Nobel Prize in Literature). I guess the Finns really don't like the Swedes.
• rdtsc 15y ago
  Chances are any one or two syllable word means something bad in some language. Wonder if a search can be built that given a word will try to detect if is sounds like or means something derogatory in all the known languages. There are plenty of examples from history where products had to be renamed when localized for a region because of unexpected meaning. One recent such naming fiasco is Nigaz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigaz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigaz). You'd think someone would do some checks before naming a $2.5B venture...