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hk__2
on Oct 29, 2014
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Sprout
Side note: “prout” is French for “fart”. For a French speaker, this product’s name hence sounds like “sfart”.
Klinky
on Oct 29, 2014
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Seems 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
Narretz
on Oct 31, 2014
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Correction: for a French speaker that doesn't know the word "sprout" and / or isn't at least an intermediate English speaker.
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