Donnie Berkholz ([info]spyderous) wrote,
@ 2005-07-13 22:37:00
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[Gentoo] Gentoo must be interesting for Russians
I just ran across this hysterical LWN comment today.

It is not of any help to turn "offensiveness" off. In Russian language the root (stem) "eb" corresponds to English "f*ck". Imagine how we the poor Russians feel looking at the name "ebuild"! How can we pronounce it on a street?!

Well, there are worse problems with "eb". "eBuisines" translated to Russian "eCommerce", but what can we do with "ebXML"?

There are also many other dirty words. Zope, well-known web-application server, looks in Russian as the Russian word "asshole". And often abused by people who dislike Zope.

I think it is unavoidable. There are far too many dirty words in all languages.

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[info]nbkolchin
2005-07-14 06:05 am UTC (link)
Gentoo is safe. "ebuild" has different pronunciation. dirty "eb" sounds like "yob". So, it is safe to say "ebuild" on the streets in Russia.

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Prnonounciation
(Anonymous)
2005-07-14 09:27 am UTC (link)
Well, I'm french, and in french, the emerge alternative for other systems that gentoo launched under the name of Emerde sounds like EShit. And Zope is damn near to Zob, which is a child word for dick.
I agree with you, there are too many dirty words and too many languages :)

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Re: Prnonounciation
(Anonymous)
2005-07-15 07:56 am UTC (link)
emerde
lol
that rocks!

etamereenshort
a new tiny app for gentoo ^^

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[info]shapirus
2005-07-14 10:08 pm UTC (link)
learn albanian!

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sorry, i can't resist...
[info]xeonium
2005-07-14 10:18 pm UTC (link)

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