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The point is it is not nice to appropriate someone else's name for use in your product. Sherpa isn't just the name of the people, it's their family name, as in

by maaku 13y ago

The point is it is not nice to appropriate someone else's name for use in your product. Sherpa isn't just the name of the people, it's their family name, as in John Q. Sherpa. I would find it offensive if someone did that to me, although whether it is offensive is only something Sherpas have the right to decide. But that's kinda the point - did the OP ask permission to use their name?

001sky 13y ago
Sherpa's are famous for being guides on high-altitude mountaineering expeditions. They also have unique physcial capabilities up to ~8000 meters. This means they can typically "punch above their weight" on many challenging tasks. They need not be confused with PORTER, which is actually a job title. Porters and sherpa's also have distinct reputations, even by ethnicity. See, for example: Pakistani HAPs (high altitude porters) used on K2 and the Karakoram.[0,1] Colloquially, to 'sherpa' something means to carry a burden one would consider more than reasonable. It has its own meaning in English speaking countries, because the british (& english speaking commenwealth countries) have a history of mountaineering in the region, dating back to the early 20th century. [0] eg The Sherpas and Pakistani high-altitude porters (HAPs) started to prepare fixed lines upwards before midnight. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sherpa https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sherpa [not pejorative] Verb. sherpa (third-person singular simple present sherpas, present participle sherpaing, simple past and past participle sherpaed) (rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.
wrongc0ntinent 13y ago
It's not really a family name, it's more like what you would call a clan (actually a step above that, but not quite an ethnic group). It's also a point of pride to have that name (over the past couple generations Tenzin Norgay made it famous), which is probably why it became so popular among Nepalis (well, that combined with the lack of literacy and government record-keeping). Edit: Oh yeah, Nepali Sherpas would probably get a kick out of it, but that's about it.
gadders 13y ago
There's a CI tool called Jenkins. I'm not sure if they surveyed everyone with that surname before naming the tool. Are you saying they should have?
- mikeash 13y ago
  Let's not forget Jeeves!

by maaku 13y ago

001sky 13y ago

Sherpa's are famous for being guides on high-altitude mountaineering expeditions. They also have unique physcial capabilities up to ~8000 meters. This means they can typically "punch above their weight" on many challenging tasks. They need not be confused with PORTER, which is actually a job title. Porters and sherpa's also have distinct reputations, even by ethnicity. See, for example: Pakistani HAPs (high altitude porters) used on K2 and the Karakoram.[0,1] Colloquially, to 'sherpa' something means to carry a burden one would consider more than reasonable. It has its own meaning in English speaking countries, because the british (& english speaking commenwealth countries) have a history of mountaineering in the region, dating back to the early 20th century. [0] eg The Sherpas and Pakistani high-altitude porters (HAPs) started to prepare fixed lines upwards before midnight. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sherpa https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sherpa [not pejorative] Verb. sherpa (third-person singular simple present sherpas, present participle sherpaing, simple past and past participle sherpaed) (rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.

wrongc0ntinent 13y ago

It's not really a family name, it's more like what you would call a clan (actually a step above that, but not quite an ethnic group). It's also a point of pride to have that name (over the past couple generations Tenzin Norgay made it famous), which is probably why it became so popular among Nepalis (well, that combined with the lack of literacy and government record-keeping). Edit: Oh yeah, Nepali Sherpas would probably get a kick out of it, but that's about it.

gadders 13y ago

There's a CI tool called Jenkins. I'm not sure if they surveyed everyone with that surname before naming the tool. Are you saying they should have?

mikeash 13y ago
Let's not forget Jeeves!