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_abox on Jan 18, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Kakoune Code Editor

The person that decided on the launch command 'kak' is not Dutch for sure :)

Though I guess most 3-letter words mean something bad in one language or another :P

sundarurfriend on Jan 18, 2022 | [–]

I end up mentally pronouncing kak like "cack" (https://www.lexico.com/definition/cack) every time. Makes kakscript sounds pretty weird too.

philipswood on Jan 18, 2022 | [–]

Yup,

Same meaning for Afrikaans.

Although Afrikaans is derived from Dutch some very rude words in the one are absolutely fine in the other for both.

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