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A comment on Ask HN: What are software bugs called in other languages?.

Re:Ask HN: What are software bugs called in other languages? by BjoernKW on Friday August 13, 2021 @08:32PM (#28176588)
In German, they're indeed and usually just called "bugs", too, which of course is an anglicisation. Truly natively, they're called a "Fehler", which can translate to either "error" or "mistake".
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Re:Ask HN: What are software bugs called in other languages? by BjoernKW on Saturday August 14, 2021 @09:05AM (#28180297)
s/\S+(nglicis)\w+/A$1m/ (i.e., should be "Anglicism" instead of "anglicisation")
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