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FWIW, "chata" in Portuguese means something like "boring" and "annoying". But at least it's not vulgar or obscene. Naming for an international audience is har
by Zecc 3y ago
FWIW, "chata" in Portuguese means something like "boring" and "annoying". But at least it's not vulgar or obscene.
Naming for an international audience is hard.
- camel-cdr 3y agoI ignored the post at first because chata is so close tp chat and I though this is yet another one of those llm based "languages".
- fridek 3y agoIt's a house, or a cottage specifically, in Polish. Fun fact is it uses ch digraph, which is for "unvoiced h" and how we spell both ch and h these days. Naming is hard.
- frandibar 3y agoIn Argentina the portable toilets used by people lying in bed are called chata. Also pickup trucks.
- Terminal135 3y agoIn Dominican Spanish, "chi chi" just means "baby" while it means something horrible elsewhere. And I would say a similar idea might be true here too considering where "chata" came from.
- ljm 3y agoIt reminded me of orxata, which now gives me a craving