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- greymaxcat, on 10/12/2007, -28/+130funny... it means ***** in English...
- macfanboi, on 10/12/2007, -20/+91Gates said "Zune Apple!"
- kalleanka, on 10/12/2007, -6/+76Haha, this remind me of this mistake:
"Car maker Honda introduced their new car "Fitta" in the Nordic countries during 2001, only to find out that "fitta" is an old word, currently used in vulgar language to refer to a woman's genitals in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. It was renamed to "Honda Jazz" for the Nordic market.
According to newspaper articles, Japanese ads said that "[Fitta] is small on the outside, but large on the inside". It's now called the Honda Fit in Japanese markets. "
Source: http://www.i18nguy.com/translations.html - MrLunar, on 10/12/2007, -8/+66.....Because when companies name their products, they MUST make sure it's not a swear word in Hebrew. -.-
- TheTyrant63, on 10/12/2007, -4/+62Sounds like IDG News (where the original arcticle came form), just needed something to poke fun at Microsoft for. And I quote:
"However, Haggit Inbar-Littas, a 30-year veteran Hebrew teacher with the London Jewish Cultural Center, says while the name is "ridiculous" and close to the bad word, it's unlikely to be mistaken."
When something actually important happens come and get me. - Quix, on 10/12/2007, -4/+60Zune is also the "F" word to Microsoft's PlaysForSure "partners."
- themarq, on 10/12/2007, -9/+48Idiot factor? This is pure genius, anything that gets the Zune into newspapers and into the public conscience is good publicity.
How big do you think the Hebrew market is anyway? - webtech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+35I'm an Israeli girl and it's not quite true. But you can more or less say that the Z word in Hebrew is like the F word in English.
- JorgeGT, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31I am Spanish and I have nothing against Nova - but once there was a car named Pajero (I think it was from Mitsubishi) that got its name changed soon in Spanish market - because a Pajero, is Spanish, is someone who masturbates too often XD
- MattL920, on 10/12/2007, -3/+30What does Vista mean in Malta?
- DharmaTurtle, on 10/12/2007, -11/+37AHHHHHHHHH why do you guys do that? Statements without backup is *****.
Don't tell me its inaccurate, GIVE ME YOUR ***** SOURCE. - syberghost, on 10/12/2007, -9/+34If you don't think a joke is funny, you should consider not laughing at it, instead of posting a nasty response and accusing anybody who calls you on it a "fanboy".
- unamas, on 10/12/2007, -15/+40zune off!
- drm237, on 10/12/2007, -6/+30And now you're not in case you ever bring it to Israel?
- Raian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23According to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*****
Hebrew
In Hebrew, the equivalent word is lezayen (לזיין), and its origin (that was inoffensive) is old enough to appear in the Hebrew Bible in the term kley zayin (tools of armament -- weaponry). Zayin, the weapon, has eventually become a colloquial and rude term for the penis, and that change is what the copulation-related words derive from in Hebrew. Similarly to English, the Hebrew word can be used as most any part of speech: a verb (lezayen), a noun (ziyun), an adjective (mezuyan or mizdayen), but not as an adverb nor an infix and not even a common expletive, therefore it is not quite as versatile as the English language counterpart.
The term kley zayin has fallen out of use in modern-day Hebrew and is virtually never used.
In Arabic Druze Communities, the word (Taih, Yateeh) is extremely offensive and is also used to indicate sexual intercourse. What is also notable about this word is that it exists in Arabic in a nonoffensive way except when used among the Druze. - azzkicar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22OK. Gotta stamp out the whole Chevy Nova thing. It's a myth, and I repeat, a myth, that the Chevy Nova didn't sell, or was a true example of bad marketing.
Nova, when separated, as in no va, does mean no go, but putting them together like "Nova" that does not invoke the phrase to Latinos or other Spanish speakers. That's the equivalent to reading the word "therapist" as "the rapist". It would be years after I learn the word therapist before I realize it's actually spelled "the rapist" without the space. Even though, you don't see a massive uproar to change that title.
The Chevy Nova actually sold in decent numbers in Latin America. It was just some marketing prof trying to make a point. By the way, Mythbusters mentioned this as myth as well. - furtwan1, on 10/12/2007, -10/+30it "sounds like" the 'F' word...
big deal... the words duck, chuck, suck, muck, etc all 'sound like' the 'F' word in english. I'm not 'gasping' as the article wants you to believe...
reported lame. - bloqmon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23Sorry guys, zune isnt ***** in Hebrew. Nor does it sound like *****. It IS close however to zine which is slang for penis.
Zine/bulbul godol = big dick (bulbul is also slang for penis)
cus ima shelha = your mother is a whore
cus emek = sorta ***** you
ben zona = son of a bitch
ben sharmuta = ***** your mother's vagina or something
ima zona = the mother of is a whore
Have fun guys! :) - nstanosheck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19It also means "penis" in the slang of old Quebecois-French.
- gronne, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23If someone sold a "*****" mp3 player here I'd consider buying it. Maybe not a brown one though.
- millixaw, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22STZU
- readme, on 10/12/2007, -7/+22One thing's for sure, the word Zune is soon to become the American English word for "flop."
- azzkicar, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Anyone heard of a clothing brand called FCUK? Here's a brand that trying to look like the F word on purpose! That brand's doing just fine, thank you.
It's on how you market it. I don't see this as a problem for Microsoft. - tweeto, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Zion is sound: "Tsi-yon",
the Zune sound: "Zun",
and the F word they are talking about is sound: "Zi-yun",
which BTW means the action ***** not *****. - tropican8, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17Sight?
- deim0s, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15You know the article's going to be a good one when it quotes the typical innacurate Chevy Nova example.
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp - ray901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11"I'm an Israeli girl and it's not quite true."
Maybe she is, maybe she isn't. - EllisAshbrook, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14zi-yun sounds like zion...what a confusing language!
- pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13big deal. a lot of words mean something else in one of the hundreds of languages in the world (not counting dialects and slang). even more "sound like" other words in other languages.
- MakinBacon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12furtwan1: The article claims that "Zune" sounds very much like "ziyun" - a slang word for "*****" in Hebrew... your examples in English do not compare.
Think of it this way: In English, if a product was named "Fiuck", people would take notice. Do you see now?
Go zune yourself. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14In portuguese, Vista means "Landscape".
And Schestowitz is a sucker. - IceSabre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Yeah didn't stop Wang computers. lol. Wang. Still kills me.
- achoo5000, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16Oy gevalt!
- nogami, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"Actually FCUK is the company name in the UK, it's just a simple coincidence."
Ya... Sure it is... - AstroPHX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Ummm.... yeah. The article says, "if you say Zune to rhyme with iTunes [zi-yun], out pops the profanity." In other words, change it from one to two syllables and it's magically vulgar.
So, by that logic, "Shiite" (as in Shiite Muslim) can be confused with a vulgar word for feces.
I call bull-Shiite on this article. - fredkreuger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I was gonna say the same thing.
No digg for perpetuating false information. - Mejogid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9It comes from the latin videre, meaning 'to see'. If the connection is not obvious, 'in order to see' is visum.
- ekestler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Just to clarify:
"Zayn" in Hebrew means penis
"Zonah" in Hebrew means whore/prostitute.
That's the closest that Zune comes to.... - DaceDiath, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Don't you just love the fact that this gets posted in the Apple section...
Funny story nonetheless. - cviebrock, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11You mean buying their siht, right?
- jonnyeh, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10A hot Jewish girl on digg! I can die now. (I assume she's likely hot and Jewish, since she's Israeli)
- dreimanis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7for example vista in latvian means lazy girl.
- mbthompson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Here come the [insert zune comment to replace f-word here] jokes ad nauseum.
- unloud, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7French Connection United Kingdom.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@ ramble
Its not coincidence when your tee shirts say
Too busy to FCUK - mbthompson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7l'chaim lezayen!
- FuzzyOne, on 10/12/2007, -9/+15Zune also sounds like Tune, Boom, Floom, Zoom
FFS why is this crap making the front page. - flink405, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7iPod spelled backwards is "dopi".
- BarriedaleNick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Apparently Apple is a kind of edible fruit in English
- CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -14/+19Both of you shut the zune up.
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