That's what they want. International institutions actually go out of their way to recruit people from different backgrounds, specifically so those people will warn them whenever they're about to embarrass themselves in front of other cultures. For example, the word "byte" might rub French people the wrong way, because it sounds like a slang word they use for male genitalia. The word "poke" is another one to avoid, since it resembles Indonesian and Malaysian slang for female genitalia. Never name your variables foo and bar if you plan to share your code with Nordic countries, because it can be confused with slang for excrement. There's a very long list of words and phrases like this. However most people needn't worry about this, since they're not actively engaging with other cultures.
> Never name your variables foo and bar if you plan to share your code with Nordic countries, because it can be confused with slang for excrement.
Eeh... Where did you get this from? Neither "foo" nor "bar" sound like slang for excrement in any Nordic language I know. And I'm native in one, near-native proficient in another, and the two largest remaining are very similar to the first. Are you talking about Icelandic, Saami, or Faroese?
The English word “byte” doesn’t really sound similar to the French word “bite”, and even if it did, it’s very unlikely a French person would be offended.
