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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by thaumasiotes on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @05:34PM (#11434698)
> Because words coming from Nahuatl are cool! (coyotl, mesquitl, tomatl, ahuacatl, etc.)

> Most importantly, they anticipated the web 2.0 trend of ending words with two consonants in a row. ;)

But those words (coyote, mesquite, tomato, and avocado, unless I seriously miss my guess) all end in a vowel.

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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by TuringTest on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:12AM (#11437802)
> But those words (coyote, mesquite, tomato, and avocado, unless I seriously miss my guess) all end in a vowel.

Because they were adopted by Spanish speakers. English products using these names could either adopt the Spanish form, or as the GP suggest follow the 2.0 trend and recover the original form, publishing their webpage in the East Timor .tl domain.

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