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Re:Why Your Business Needs a Chinese Name by cpeterso on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @03:05AM (#2995202)
> Windows actually have great Chinese translations. They are not official, and some of them are really stupid (but funny!)

Do you mind explaining what is stupid or funny about those translations for Windows? The abbreviated names are pretty standard in English. Do they mean something different in Chinese?

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Re:Why Your Business Needs a Chinese Name by yiran on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @01:18PM (#2997049)
In Chinese, the win sound means plague... so you fill in the blank. Plague 95, Plague 98, Plague XP.

XP is even funnier, X is pronounced as "Cha" and it means to insert or to penetrate. P is pronounced as "P" which means asshole in Chinese. Again you fill in the blank.

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