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I really hope you are not trying to reach the spanish market... because "Putio" sounds way too much like an spanish slang word (hard to explain, lets says its a

I really hope you are not trying to reach the spanish market... because "Putio" sounds way too much like an spanish slang word (hard to explain, lets says its a verbalized version of what in english would be "b*tch"). Something similar happened with "webOS" and every spanish forum were making jokes about it.

shanelja 14y ago
In which way is Putio similar to Puta other than that they both start with the same three letters? The pronunciation is completely different, Puta is pronounced 'pooh - ta' where as Putio is 'put - eye - oh' or if pronounced by a native spanish person 'pooh - tee - oh' (in which case the 'tee' would be pronounced extremely quickly.) I honestly believe this is a false concern. Source: Lived in Spain for 2 years up until 7 months ago, spent months there at a time previously.
- jaimebuelta 14y ago
  Putio could be pronounced very similarly to "Puto", which is a swear word in Spanish. It can have different meanings depending where you are, but in Mexico it can be used directly as an insult.
  - jaimebuelta 14y ago
    Just read below that a comment said "X uses the Put.io API", in my (Spanish) head, it sounds like "X uses the F*ing API" ;-)
thepumpkin1979 14y ago
Us hispanic people should pronounce it in English("Pout-ai-ou"), same with webOS("web-ou-es"). Only moronic people Makes jokes on things like this. On the other hand, Colors is something that UX/UI designers should take more seriously: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_symbolism http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_symbolism
StavrosK 14y ago
What's the joke about WebOS?
- jaimebuelta 14y ago
  Pronounced in "regular Spanish" will sound like "huevos" (literally eggs, but, in slang, testicles)
  - StavrosK 14y ago
    Ah, I see, thanks. I didn't catch the pronunciation initially.
tremendo 14y ago
While I agree with the word similarities, and that it will surely be "translated" or used in Spanish with the alternate sounding words, I disagree that it's necessarily bad. It may in fact turn out to be an advantage, especially within a bit-torrent using group of people. Funny translations will give it mind-share… at least initially. Surely not in the business world, but by using torrents, that was already a given, IMO.

shanelja 14y ago

In which way is Putio similar to Puta other than that they both start with the same three letters? The pronunciation is completely different, Puta is pronounced 'pooh - ta' where as Putio is 'put - eye - oh' or if pronounced by a native spanish person 'pooh - tee - oh' (in which case the 'tee' would be pronounced extremely quickly.) I honestly believe this is a false concern. Source: Lived in Spain for 2 years up until 7 months ago, spent months there at a time previously.

jaimebuelta 14y ago
Putio could be pronounced very similarly to "Puto", which is a swear word in Spanish. It can have different meanings depending where you are, but in Mexico it can be used directly as an insult.
- jaimebuelta 14y ago
  Just read below that a comment said "X uses the Put.io API", in my (Spanish) head, it sounds like "X uses the F*ing API" ;-)

thepumpkin1979 14y ago

Us hispanic people should pronounce it in English("Pout-ai-ou"), same with webOS("web-ou-es"). Only moronic people Makes jokes on things like this. On the other hand, Colors is something that UX/UI designers should take more seriously: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_symbolism http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_symbolism

StavrosK 14y ago

What's the joke about WebOS?

jaimebuelta 14y ago
Pronounced in "regular Spanish" will sound like "huevos" (literally eggs, but, in slang, testicles)
- StavrosK 14y ago
  Ah, I see, thanks. I didn't catch the pronunciation initially.

tremendo 14y ago

While I agree with the word similarities, and that it will surely be "translated" or used in Spanish with the alternate sounding words, I disagree that it's necessarily bad. It may in fact turn out to be an advantage, especially within a bit-torrent using group of people. Funny translations will give it mind-share… at least initially. Surely not in the business world, but by using torrents, that was already a given, IMO.