Re:Show HN: Fion – A new tool to track your spending, withou...
by jojo2000 on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:31AM
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In french "fion" is slang for "arse". So we had a good laugh reading "Fion. Meet your new money machine".
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Re:Show HN: Fion – A new tool to track your spending, withou...
by FionMoney on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:43AM
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When we launch in French-speaking markets, we'll consider a different name. Possibly Filon, which has a better connotation in French.
Re:Show HN: Fion – A new tool to track your spending, withou...
by gregoriol on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:46AM
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Don't go with Fillon though, you'd have to give the money back :-/
Re:Show HN: Fion – A new tool to track your spending, withou...
by speps on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:55AM
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Filon is also bad, means running away... Having a product name being different in different countries would hurt the brand too.
Re:Show HN: Fion – A new tool to track your spending, withou...
by wazoox on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @11:20AM
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"Filon" means a mine vein (and is used figuratively as a source of easy money). So the name seems pretty good.
Re:Show HN: Fion – A new tool to track your spending, withou...
by blackbirdster on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @11:28AM
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As far the dictionary goes, that's true.
But "filons" is the imperative tense of a verb literaly meaning "let's run away".
And also "Fillon" is the name of a politician who was exposed for fraud while he was running for presidency. He was sentenced last spring, his name was all over French news for a while, and it became quite infamous.
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