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Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
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#2Is it a kind of change.org?
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#3Is that a kind of Quora thing?
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#4Is that a kind of Quora thing?
Yes, except that we focus only on question types that generate data (binary, multiple choice, rating, slider). We don't provide open text questions
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#5Is it a kind of change.org?
Change.org is really about petitioning. We focus more on opinion data
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#6The spelling is difficult but sounds great. I love the platform. Great design
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#7Where does the name come from? Because in French it sounds like the word "putsch" meaning "military coup" or "takeover" and in English it does not seem to mean anything except if you look to "to pout" or "a pouch" ?
How would you pronounce it and are you sure that someone hearing you would understand how to write the name of the application and reach the website or email you easily?
Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#8Where does the name come from? Because in French it sounds like the word "putsch" meaning "military coup" or "takeover" and in English it does not seem to mean anything except if you look to "to pout" or "a pouch" ? How would you pronounce it and are you sure that someone hearing you would understand how to write the name of the application and reach the website or email you easily?
The meaning behind it comes from the german word "putsch" ... a coup d'etat. But we feel that U.S. people will have a hard time with the "ou" of poutsch as well as with the "sch". Hence my question...
Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#9Where does the name come from? Because in French it sounds like the word "putsch" meaning "military coup" or "takeover" and in English it does not seem to mean anything except if you look to "to pout" or "a pouch" ? How would you pronounce it and are you sure that someone hearing you would understand how to write the name of the application and reach the website or email you easily?
The meaning behind it comes from the german word "putsch" ... a coup d'etat. But we feel that U.S. people will have a hard time with the "ou" of poutsch as well as with the "sch". Hence my question...
Yeah ok so it is the same word as in French. I'm not a native english but I'd say that adding the "O" changes the pronounciation you're looking for if you target an English market. And having T-S-C-H at the end of the word seems a bit "too-much" because the word "pouch" in english should have the exact pronounciation you want so people might write that and be confused.
Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The meaning behind it comes from the german word "putsch" ... a coup d'etat. But we feel that U.S. people will have a hard time with the "ou" of poutsch as well as with the "sch". Hence my question...
Yeah ok so it is the same word as in French. I'm not a native english but I'd say that adding the "O" changes the pronounciation you're looking for if you target an English market. And having T-S-C-H at the end of the word seems a bit "too-much" because the word "pouch" in english should have the exact pronounciation you want so people might write that and be confused.
Thks... we'll see what we can do with pouch.com