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Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by _lce0 on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @01:56PM (#10118352)
In Spanish it's exactly the same.

I wonder were the roots of that is?

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Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by yetihehe on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @02:29PM (#10118575)
In polish it's "psipsi" which is clearly an onomatopoeia.
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Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by jeorgun on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @02:05PM (#10118406)
Ditto in English, for that matter, although for various reasons we spell "i" with two "e"s.
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