It's "fury phone":
> Furious Support from the FuriOS team
They could say it's pronounced "Wendigo" and people would still read it "Furry".
If people read "fury" as "furry" then that's a literacy problem.
You’re right.
And if you can’t understand why almost everyone will read ‘furi’ as furry and not ‘fury’, then you’ve got a phonics problem.
As someone who reads/watches a lot of Japanese media, "fury" isn't how I would first read "furi".
I do like "FuriOS" and think it avoids this issue, but other portmanteaus might be better avoided.
Re:Furilabs Linux Phone
by FrustratedMonky on Monday October 14, 2024 @01:52PM
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Have to say, main reason for clicking to check it out was I thought it was a Phone for Furries.
Curiosity got me to look.
Maybe it will drive traffic.
Just like DuckDuckGo I think the name will hamper adoption of this.