I guess that depends a bit on your users. If you want a broad appeal, it might be difficult for people to remember. This is merely based on my opinion, but I do think that the "tsch" is very uncommon and that would itself put off a lot of people.
Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
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Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#12a little hard to spell
Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
Don't change your name just based on my comment! At least wait for some other opinions!
Moreover, using "pouch" you will lose the original meaning your were going for and people might think you sell small bags or something (which is the meaning of the word "pouch").
Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#14franzilorenzo your account is dead
Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#15Hum, in Greek, it's reminiscent of the word for "dick", so not to me. Also, I can see English speakers being turned off by it.
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#16Hum, in Greek, it's reminiscent of the word for "dick", so not to me. Also, I can see English speakers being turned off by it.
Interesting
Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#17IMO it's kind of hard to pronounce (-tsch is not common in English) and remember how to spell.
Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#18From the comments it sounds like a polling app. In which case no, some folks I've seen doing a very simple version of this use URL's like http://poll.cm, http://polls.io and http://gopollgo.com
Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#19From the comments it sounds like a polling app. In which case no, some folks I've seen doing a very simple version of this use URL's like http://poll.cm , http://polls.io and http://gopollgo.com
We understand that "poll" as a negative connotation. In addition, we think Poutsch is a little more than social polling so we would like to avoid that word.
Re: Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
#20From the comments it sounds like a polling app. In which case no, some folks I've seen doing a very simple version of this use URL's like http://poll.cm , http://polls.io and http://gopollgo.com
We understand that "poll" as a negative connotation. In addition, we think Poutsch is a little more than social polling so we would like to avoid that word.
I know a lot of companies use Survey Monkey - http://www.surveymonkey.com
To be honest I didn't understand what you did at first, the name didn't help. You don't want to be vague as you have to find out if you're actually solving a problem.