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Leave It to Manus

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Re: Leave It to Manus

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Feedback: change the name The current name will prevent this product/company from ever making it to the mainstream, or at least make it way less likely. A great name can truly make a huge difference. An OK name that sticks is a necessity. A name that is mostly “anus” is actively bad.

ChatGPT's logo looks like an anus yet they're doing just fine.

Re: Leave It to Manus

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

To the OP, I say forget this advice. There's a headhunting company called Monster, arguably the worst possible name, especially for that business. Last time I checked they were doing fine. The truly worst thing is not being talked about. Manus means hand in Latin, not a bad name at all for a tool that lends you a hand. Some people will recognize this, others not. They'll be fine, or if not, it won't be for that reaso…

Not only hand, but force, violence, etc.: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext...

Or fate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manos:_The_Hands_of_Fate

Re: Leave It to Manus

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Feedback: change the name The current name will prevent this product/company from ever making it to the mainstream, or at least make it way less likely. A great name can truly make a huge difference. An OK name that sticks is a necessity. A name that is mostly “anus” is actively bad.

Laughing because I came here and this is the top comment. My coworker asked if I heard about it over the weekend, so I came to HN to search. "How do you spell it, m-a-n-t-i-s?" "No, like anus with an M in front."

Re: Leave It to Manus

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Feedback: change the name The current name will prevent this product/company from ever making it to the mainstream, or at least make it way less likely. A great name can truly make a huge difference. An OK name that sticks is a necessity. A name that is mostly “anus” is actively bad.

Womanus? Ladus?

Re: Leave It to Manus

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To the OP, I say forget this advice. There's a headhunting company called Monster, arguably the worst possible name, especially for that business. Last time I checked they were doing fine. The truly worst thing is not being talked about. Manus means hand in Latin, not a bad name at all for a tool that lends you a hand. Some people will recognize this, others not. They'll be fine, or if not, it won't be for that reaso…

Not only hand, but force, violence, etc.: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext...

If the context implies that it's hand as the instrument used in fight. I don't see how that's relevant here.

Re: Leave It to Manus

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post #3

Feedback: change the name The current name will prevent this product/company from ever making it to the mainstream, or at least make it way less likely. A great name can truly make a huge difference. An OK name that sticks is a necessity. A name that is mostly “anus” is actively bad.

Seems OK to me, not great. I would have never made the connection to anus without you mentioning it, possibly due to the differing pronunciation.
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