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by perthmad 2333 days ago
For the record, French speakers also have at first a hard time with the "bit" word that is usually pronounced at the very beginning of any introductory CS class. Indeed, it has the same figurative meaning as "cock" in English. Worse, you can find it in compounds such as "32-bit" or "bitfield", so try figure out the evocative power of those expressions.

Usually and fortunately though, the average person simply grows up and stops giggling at the word quite quickly. And so do Coq users.