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There are many similar stories about English words sounding like profanity when (badly) pronounced in Chinese.
They're bad for branding and brands avoid them.
Now, I like "Coq" and the story about the cheeky French people trying to one up anglophones, but that's not really enough to make it a good name.
Then again I recall some people calling a compiler "Stalin" so, could be worse.
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There are many similar stories about English words sounding like profanity when (badly) pronounced in Chinese.
They're bad for branding and brands avoid them.
Now, I like "Coq" and the story about the cheeky French people trying to one up anglophones, but that's not really enough to make it a good name.
Then again I recall some people calling a compiler "Stalin" so, could be worse.