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[–] 6 points 18 hours ago* (1 child)

They are annoying even if you write in English. One such example is "library".

In Spanish, there are two words: "biblioteca" and "librería".

Library = biblioteca

Book shop = librería

When speaking about programming libraries, everyone says "librería" because it's just easier to translate that way. But it just feels wrong every time.

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  • [–] 7 points 17 hours ago (1 child)

    A funny one is Pizza Hut. "Hut" means "hat" in German. And since the Pizza Hut logo kind of looks like a hat many Germans believe that they gave it a German name in Germany. So they pronounce it in a German way and if they were to talk to an English speaker they might say Pizza Hat in an effort to translate.

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