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Re: Show HN: Kikked – check if any of your NPM repos is trademarked

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Post by atom_enger »

dindresto wrote: post #5
thinkpad20 wrote: post #3

Am I parsing it incorrectly in my head, or does this project have a blatantly antisemitic name?

Sorry if it is rather obvious, but I cannot see it. Would you care to elaborate? (no native English speaker here)

It's the last five letters without the d. It's an ethnic slur for a Jewish person.

Here you go if you're interested in the history or etymology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kike

Re: Show HN: Kikked – check if any of your NPM repos is trademarked

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Post by alextgordon »

coreyp_1 wrote: post #10
thinkpad20 wrote: post #3

Am I parsing it incorrectly in my head, or does this project have a blatantly antisemitic name?

Native english speaker here, and I have no idea what part of this might be considered anti-semitic. Maybe it's only in some parts of the world?

kik = a messaging app

kike = a jewish person

Re: Show HN: Kikked – check if any of your NPM repos is trademarked

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Post by coreyp_1 »

alextgordon wrote: post #12
coreyp_1 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Native english speaker here, and I have no idea what part of this might be considered anti-semitic. Maybe it's only in some parts of the world?

kik = a messaging app kike = a jewish person

Weird. I'm from Texas, in my 30's, and have never heard the word before. Then again, growing up I never heard anyone talking bad about Jews either.

Re: Show HN: Kikked – check if any of your NPM repos is trademarked

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Post by jessaustin »

thinkpad20 wrote: post #3

Am I parsing it incorrectly in my head, or does this project have a blatantly antisemitic name?

You are reading correctly. The project name doesn't follow English inflection rules. Just as e.g. "tap" becomes "tapped", "kik" should become "kikked". "Kiked" is an inflection of "kike", just as "liked" is an inflection of "like" and "taped" is an inflection of "tape". This mistake is easy to make, since there aren't any English verbs spelled ending "ik"; words with this sound are instead spelled ending "ick".

Re: Show HN: Kikked – check if any of your NPM repos is trademarked

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Post by zachrose »

I have an NPM package named "barrel"[0], which apparently is also a trademark for some kind of sunglasses company. I would expect there to be some kind of fair-use-like rule for common nouns that are used in different industries or domains?

[0] https://www.npmjs.com/package/barrel

Re: Show HN: Kikked – check if any of your NPM repos is trademarked

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Post by skywhopper »

alextgordon wrote: post #12
coreyp_1 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Native english speaker here, and I have no idea what part of this might be considered anti-semitic. Maybe it's only in some parts of the world?

kik = a messaging app kike = a jewish person

To be clear, the second is an offensive, derogatory slur for a Jewish person.
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