Lockitron exceeds $2,000,000 in reservations

Re:Lockitron exceeds $2,000,000 in reservations by mikeash on Thursday October 25, 2012 @10:02PM (#4700497)

I'd wager that nearly any name is going to sound bad in some language. I don't know how important it really is to pay attention to this. If the Russian market ends up being important for them somehow, they can always make a new name for the Russian market.

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Re:Lockitron exceeds $2,000,000 in reservations by furyg3 on Friday October 26, 2012 @04:02AM (#4701298)

Indeed. For example: I'm a big fan of Yammer which is a great name in English.

Introducing it to my Dutch colleagues is hilarious, though, because the name effectively means "that sucks" in Dutch ('Jammer' is pronounced the same).

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Re:Lockitron exceeds $2,000,000 in reservations by lr--rw-rwx on Friday October 26, 2012 @06:53AM (#4701640)

Same in German.

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