How BugHerd came back from the brink

Re:How BugHerd came back from the brink by LeonM on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @08:56AM (#21257861)

I'm not a native English speaker, can you explain?

I mean, I can see how it would be a problem if you were to mispronounce the 'g' as a 't', but a g and t differ enough that I can't imagine that happening.

Or is there another mispronunciation that I'm missing here?

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Re:How BugHerd came back from the brink by 1123581321 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:16AM (#21258571)

If you don’t enunciate the h it sounds like “buggered,” which has a few potential meanings. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Buggered

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Re:How BugHerd came back from the brink by evolve2k on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:01PM (#21263715)

In Australia buggered colloquially just means “broken and tired”.

The toaster is buggered (broken). We’ve had meetings all day and I’m buggered (tired)

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Re:How BugHerd came back from the brink by hople_ul on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:53AM (#21259053)

I'm guessing OP had in mind "buggered" — i.e., to be sodomized.

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Re:How BugHerd came back from the brink by toast76 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:53PM (#21264331)

Errr... no... just no.

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Re:How BugHerd came back from the brink by jessaustin on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @07:05PM (#21265001)

Words have meanings. Some words have multiple meanings, but many people will think of the most common meaning when encountering a word outside of any context that would imply otherwise.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Buggered

Please don't take this as a criticism! I think it's great that this firm has such an adventurous name.

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