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Show HN: Now free A website that checks your brand name for vulgarity (safena.me)
1 points by rolandwu__ 757 days ago
Hey HN!

A couple of days ago I posted already SafeName - a tool that checks your brand or product name for vulgarity in all languages.

I decided to make it free!

Have you ever heard the story of Ford's car named "Pinto"? Well, not to go too much into detail but the word "Pinto" means something - let's say...vulgar in Brazilian Portuguese :-)

The car did not sell well, as you might imagine. Or Kiri Cheese, you know the little white cheese block for kids? In Persian, "Kiri" means also something vulgar (yes, sometimes this THING is also small :-)).

To avoid that your company or product name ends up with the same faux pais, I created SafeName - a tool that checks your brand or product name in all languages around the world.

With more and more creative brand names around the world it is likely that this name means something obscene, vulgar or inappropriate in a different language.

Check it out - it's free now!

Roland