Anyone find any real-world matches? I was able to get positives by typing in foreign curses directly, but couldn't find any startups with foreign curses in their name.
Wikipedia was the closest I found, not really a start up though.
WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages
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Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages
#12I think this should also do a phoneme based comparison, for example the photo sharing website Flickr is pronounced like this word (as a slang word it is well known) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flikker
Or wix.com, which sounds like wichs in German (wank).
Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages
#13poo is all good.
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#14The phonetic matching doesn't catch "Phuck"
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#15Excellent idea, but the lists need to be expanded. Didn't catch any of the Slavic words I threw its way.
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#16"bite" is safe according to this tool.
Any french speaker does a double take when they see that word though, especially in certain sentences.
For reference: https://askafrenchguy.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/petite-bites-...
Edit: Yes, I have submitted it to the database, it should get vetted eventually. A crowdsourced process for the vetting could be fun too!
Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages
#17Do not trust yet - list is not complete. Some known Polish bad words are not there.
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Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages
#19"bite" is safe according to this tool. Any french speaker does a double take when they see that word though, especially in certain sentences. For reference: https://askafrenchguy.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/petite-bites-... Edit: Yes, I have submitted it to the database, it should get vetted eventually. A crowdsourced process for the vetting could be fun too!
much less "bitenuker" which is highly offensive to those who speak either French or Dutch.
Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages
#20I think this should also do a phoneme based comparison, for example the photo sharing website Flickr is pronounced like this word (as a slang word it is well known) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flikker
Do you know of any high-quality phonemic dictionaries?