The Kawaiization of Product Design

Re:The Kawaiization of Product Design by GuB-42 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @10:03AM (#23258456)

In France too, English words are commonly used to make things sound more interesting, more modern.

Especially hilarious when management uses English words, often improperly, when a perfectly adequate and commonly used French word exists.

Maybe it is a global trend all over the the world since English became the de facto international language.

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Re:The Kawaiization of Product Design by Befterriager on Friday May 22, 2020 @05:48AM (#23270273)

> In France too, [...] hilarious when management uses English words

Recently (well... back when going to the office was still a thing) I had a meeting with a senior manager at our company. At the end of the meeting, he grabbed his iPhone and said "I am going to take a selfie of the whiteboard" (in French except for the word 'selfie') thinking that meant any kind of picture.

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Re:The Kawaiization of Product Design by f1refly on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:02PM (#23278060)

We got the same thing happening in germany as well and i don't know a single person who thinks it sounds good. The (typically) senior PMs seem to be oblivious how everyone's making fun of them behind their backs because of how ridiculous they sound.

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Re:The Kawaiization of Product Design by satvikpendem on Saturday May 23, 2020 @09:46AM (#23282890)

Also hilarious is the opposite, French being used in English feels more sophisticated. It just has un je ne sais quoi about it.

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