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Re:Launch HN: Abacum (YC W21) – Easy collaboration and repor... by gegtik on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @10:46AM (#26238598)
I think you may be hamstringing yourself launching a serious business product with cum in the name
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Re:Launch HN: Abacum (YC W21) – Easy collaboration and repor... by Juliomartinez on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:08AM (#26238920)
The name comes from a play on Abacus, the calculating tool from ancient times.

In latin languages Abacum is pronounced differently, but I can also see how that doesn't matter in some markets. Who knows, maybe this will make us more memorable...

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Re:Launch HN: Abacum (YC W21) – Easy collaboration and repor... by captainredbeard on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:45AM (#26239444)
In the Anglosphere, it’s a kiss of death.
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Re:Launch HN: Abacum (YC W21) – Easy collaboration and repor... by ahstilde on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:58PM (#26241295)
Perhaps it's la petite mort
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