[uncletaco]

Hello. In English this makes me think of the phrase “dog shit”. Not sure if that’s intentional or not.

[pentaphobe]

Second English speaker here who didn't make that connection at all

[nasretdinov]

English is my third language and I can confirm I didn't even think about this

[rirze]

Same english is my fourth language and it didn't even appear to me

[DSpinellis]

Author of dgsh here. This is definitely not what I had in mind.

[DonHopkins]

Yeah, and the Slack logo designers claim they didn't have penises or swastikas on their mind, but here we are.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/slack-new-...

[lucideer]

Another English speaker data point here & I actually read dogshit before I read dgsh.

[DonHopkins]

That's what I think when I hear "bash".

[dotnetcarpenter]

That's literally the word for shit in Norwegian: bæsj https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Nb-b%C3%...

[cestith]

The word “dash” is a word for shit in English (as in dashboard - literally the board on a buggy or wagon to deflect the horse droppings). That doesn’t keep a shell from being named that. Of course, dash also means to move quickly so it’s not the only meaning. Moving quickly seems to be the inspiration for the shell’s name.

[nasretdinov]

Well, bash as a shell is ok. Writing complex scripts on the other hand...

[kbr2000]

batshit?

[AdieuToLogic]

> In English this makes me think of the phrase “dog shit”.

In English, this makes me think of the phrase "dig shell". I guess we just have different things on our minds...

:-p

[DonHopkins]

Or shoes.

[SoftTalker]

First thing I thought of also.

[goldenCeasar]

Now I can't unconnect this, I hope OP was aware because now he wont forget too.

[em-bee]

and no matter how much i try, i can't make the connection. best i can come up with is dogshell, and even that is a stretch. phew...