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Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

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Post by Chilinot »

pavlov wrote: post #25

Hey guys, I made this last week as a two-evening side project. Happy to see it posted here, thanks randall! I know the word lists aren't complete. This was the best I could do given the time constraint, the fact that I don't actually speak 19 languages... And also, after two evenings of googling dirty words, I started feeling like I'm about to acquire Tourette's in some unknown language ;) I'll update the database wi…

I tested my own name "Lucas" and it resulted in "ås". The site said that "ås" means "donkey" in swedish. But me being a native swede that is actually incorrect. The real meaning of the word "ås" is actually "esker" the ridge thing. The real word for "donkey" in swedish is "åsna" so probably it's only a typo. :)

PS: If you need some help with the swedish dict i could possibly help you or collect some friends to do it. :)

Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

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Post by berbatof »

Aren't you the creator of Pixel Conduit? I used your tool for some VFX works and recently saw that you are creating software for web animations, but it ia a surprise to see you come up with such a tool. By the way, I am planning to create a slang database for Turkish and Turkic languages. I would like to share the database with you as I develop.

Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

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Post by _lce0 »

Qantourisc wrote: post #74
baby wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"pipi" as well http://i.imgur.com/VcSKnTb.png

In Dutch pipi is dialect for urination, often used when talking/referring to children.

In Spanish it's exactly the same.

I wonder were the roots of that is?

Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

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Post by petercooper »

I've submitted it but it brought up nothing for "wog". Did this due to the "wogrammer"/"wog" issue pointed out on Twitter yesterday. I haven't heard it in recent years but "wog" was used much like the n-word when I was a kid in the UK and appears to still carry some of that meaning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog

"slope" is another, but I don't know if I'll submit it since no-one seemed to have heard of it at the time. Jeremy Clarkson got in trouble over it though - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/top-gear/10995483/Jeremy...

I absolutely love the idea of having a newsletter on the backend full of awful words submitted though - a rather "cute" idea.

Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

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Post by ecesena »

Suggestion for improvement: numbers.

I was about to name a project "Plate88", and a couple of people independently pointed out a reference to the nazi salute [1].

We then renamed it to Plate28, hopefully safer.

Anyway, maybe worth considering these use cases.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)

Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

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Post by jeorgun »

_lce0 wrote: post #94
Qantourisc wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Dutch pipi is dialect for urination, often used when talking/referring to children.

In Spanish it's exactly the same. I wonder were the roots of that is?

Ditto in English, for that matter, although for various reasons we spell "i" with two "e"s.

Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

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Post by protomyth »

ecesena wrote: post #97

Suggestion for improvement: numbers. I was about to name a project "Plate88", and a couple of people independently pointed out a reference to the nazi salute [1]. We then renamed it to Plate28, hopefully safer. Anyway, maybe worth considering these use cases. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)

Which brings us to the second part of naming things. I wouldn't tell someone in NASCAR country that 88 means a nazi salute unless you really want to offend.

Re: WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

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Post by Lawtonfogle »

mcorrand wrote: post #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!

The mature side of me sees a great tool that will help to avoid unintended public image issues.

The immature side of me sees a great tool for picking immature names for online games that won't be flagged.

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