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baby
3947 days ago
"pipi" as well
http://i.imgur.com/VcSKnTb.png
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flurpitude
3947 days ago
"zizi" too.
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r0naa
3946 days ago
"Kekette" as well
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Qantourisc
3947 days ago
In Dutch pipi is dialect for urination, often used when talking/referring to children.
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bitwize
3947 days ago
It's "peepee" in English but you are likely to get a chuckle if you name your product "pipi". Back in 2006 Nintendo ran into this problem with the Wii ("wee" or "weewee" is also slang for urination eapecially among children.)
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danieltillett
3947 days ago
I always thought this was deliberate. You are telling me no one in Nintendo knew what Wii would mean to kids?
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krapp
3947 days ago
What it means to foreign kids. It's not surprising that a Japanese company wouldn't have that fine a grasp on English nuance.
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thisisnotatest
3947 days ago
I thought they chose the name to fit their inclusive, inviting target with the console. "Wii Play Sports" -- yes we do!
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_lce0
3947 days ago
In Spanish it's exactly the same.
I wonder were the roots of that is?
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yetihehe
3947 days ago
In polish it's "psipsi" which is clearly an onomatopoeia.
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jeorgun
3947 days ago
Ditto in English, for that matter, although for various reasons we spell "i" with two "e"s.
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DasIch
3947 days ago
In German as well, though I guess that's not very surprising.
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