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> How, one should rightly ask, could a khrafstar like the snake possibly be associated with good fortune? For a while a running joke in Persian Wikipedia commu
by shervinafshar 2mo ago
> How, one should rightly ask, could a khrafstar like the snake possibly be associated with good fortune?
For a while a running joke in Persian Wikipedia community was to call software "bugs", _khrafstar_s.
- sfRattan 2mo agoThe use of "bug" for engineering defect (a use that predates software by around a century) shares Middle English etymology with bugbear and bugaboo, both of which relate to evil spirits/creatures and annoyances. Khrafstar is not unreasonable as a translation.