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Side note: “prout” is French for “fart”. For a French speaker, this product’s name hence sounds like “sfart”.
by hk__2 12y ago
Side note: “prout” is French for “fart”. For a French speaker, this product’s name hence sounds like “sfart”.
- Klinky 12y agoSeems like no tech name is safe with the French. Just the other day someone was stating the name of "Puer" someone chose for their server app means "to stink" in French. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8513314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8513314
- Narretz 12y agoCorrection: for a French speaker that doesn't know the word "sprout" and / or isn't at least an intermediate English speaker.