[NullPrefix]

This only affects developers. Limited scope.

Wasn't there something related about Microsoft Lumia phones?

[virgulino]

Unix users have "cu". Do "man cu", if you are curious. I haven't played with "cu" since the UUCP email era. Good times.

[moonchild]

Doesn't exist on my system, but is at https://linux.die.net/man/1/cu

[nonbirithm]

Or how Siri means "buttocks" in Japanese?

[jki275]

It’s oshiri, not Siri.

[nonbirithm]

Actually the 'o' is a modifier for politeness. It seems there's a version of the word without an 'o'.

https://jisho.org/search/shiri

[jki275]

I'm aware... But the word isn't pronounced the same anyway, and I've never heard it used without the o either.

[kitd]

cf. the Vauxhall Nova car

"No va" means "doesn't go" in Spanish.

[geofft]

Customers either didn't make that association or didn't care: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanis...

[sterwill]

I think it's unlikely that Spanish speakers would have been confused about the word "nova" when used as a car name. In Spanish "nova" describes the same astronomical event we call a "nova" in English: a new light in the sky. Additionally Spanish "nuevo" and English "new" seem to share the same root. My point is these words all mean similar things to English- and Spanish-speaking car buyers.

[andrepd]

Also Hyundai Kona, "cona" means "cunt" or "pussy" in Portuguese.

[FridgeSeal]

Wow, Kona Bikes [0] must have a fun time in Portugal then..

[0] https://konaworld.com/

[fullstop]

I wonder how kona coffee sells over there.