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a very potent language :D

• gkya 13y ago
  I can only call it Lisp in public. Otherwise, Turkish translation of "I'm using Scheme to build this application" sounds identical to "I'm using my penis to build this application". I said the sentence at lunch in my last job, and boy, albeit we're all devs, it was awkward.
  • pmelendez 13y ago
    I tried to search it out of curiosity but google wasn't helpful. Could you please tell us how to spelled or point to a reference?
    • gkya 13y ago
      The Turkish word? Sure, it is spelled as sikim, where sik [1] is the (quite vulgar) word for penis (noun, when used as verb, means to f.ck), and (i)m is the possessive affix [2]. The letter i is always pronounced like the first i in victim, and the word is pronounced like si-kim. The perception of the phrase is similar to that of my cock, rather than my penis. One might think that the similarity is so vague, that wouldn't pose a problem to speak it out loud. I, personally never recognised the similarity, until I spoke the word out loud. [1] http://www.turkishdictionary.net/?word=sik http://www.turkishdictionary.net/?word=sik [2] Turkish is slightly similar to Latin. edit: add a newline between footnotes
  • srl 13y ago
    The language/proof assistant coq has similar problems (damn frenchies getting their revenge).