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		gorkaerana on March 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: 3 years and 1M users later, I just open-s... Spanish also delights us with unlucky surnames. E.g., three acquaintances of my father have the family names "Feo", "Bastardo", and "Gay"; which translate, respectively, to "ugly", "bastard", and, of course, "gay".

Beijinger on March 5, 2024 [–]

Well, I know European Companies that wanted to expand into the US market.

One was named PMS LLC and one had a product that was named xfriend.

Both names are very memorable, but not the best choice.

Xfriend was actually a pretty good software: https://xfriend.soft112.com/

(only description, not for download anymore)

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