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I agree. WhatsApp is by far the most popular app in Brazil (of all kinds, not only messengers). Yet… - Its name is unpronounceable for 90% of its users (we sho
by soneca 2y ago
I agree. WhatsApp is by far the most popular app in Brazil (of all kinds, not only messengers). Yet…
- Its name is unpronounceable for 90% of its users (we short it to ”zap”)
- The word itself has unfamiliar letter combinations (“wh” and “pp”).
- The intended pun doesn’t work at all, since no one here uses “What’s up” (not even the 10% that understands English)
Similar to what happens with “Google” and “Facebook”, btw.
- LeoPanthera 2y agoI'm a native English speaker and I didn't get the "pun" for years. Almost a decade, even. "App" does not rhyme with "Up".
- Arch485 2y ago> "App" does not rhyme with "Up". It does if you're from Boston.
- crtasm 2y agoBut if you had heard people saying it like this for years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJmqCKtJnxM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJmqCKtJnxM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whassup%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whassup%3F
- RugnirViking 2y agoSame, and I just figured it out NOW. And I use it every day....
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y agoSure, but there are countries where the accent of people speaking English makes the pun very obvious. I wonder if the original WhatsApp people were foreigners.
- com2kid 2y ago> - The intended pun doesn’t work at all, since no one here uses “What’s up” (not even the 10% that understands English) Well until you wrote this I never realized it was supposed to be a pun, and I'm a native English speaker...