The What Does My Domain Mean in Another Language or is It a Real Word Thread!

[raredn.com]

Sometimes we acquire domain names that either mean something in another language or domains that are obviously 'English', but you are unsure if they are a real word

Some may say go to google translator for foreign words: The problem is google translator quite often does not translate single words effectively or at all

Also another point one may want to know, if my domain name is a foreign word, is it used regularly in the native tongue, or is it an obscure word that not many people use, then again maybe there is another word that means the same thing which is used far more regularly

As for english words: Some words if you look them up on online dictionaries are obviously slang and not real dictionary words but they come up in some online dictionaries as a dictionary word which may be confusing. So if you have a word you think may be a dictionary word but may just be slang or none of the mentioned then post here to seek answers

Please do not post obvious words or words that can be easily looked up for the answer. This is not a thread for the 'lazy'

:tu: People from other countries please give your input

:tu: People who consider themselves grammar buffs please give your input

My two domain names:

Sosem.com I originally regged this name because I found it pleasing to the eye and thought it was cool, after posting it elsewhere, namepros user 'ergo' pointed out that it means 'sucking' in Russian. Is this common use of the word? When I look on google, it looks like it may also mean 'sauce' as in ketchup, BBQ sauce etc in other countries

On the 'English' side of things I have skewe.com, I think this is not a dictionary word but I am not completely certain


Please feel free to share your knowledge

 

[soggyindo]

hey my russian (and english sometimes) is a little shaky, but happy to help out here when i can.

can't say i've heard of the english term (skew?)

nice idea for a thread btw, good one.

:tu:

 

[Rubber Duck]

My knowledge of Russin also is very basic but I do know that the language is normally expressed in the Cyrillic Alphabet, which would make Sosem.com pretty meaningless to the average Russian.

 

[coldgarb]

Gift means poison in norwegian.

 

[weblord]

puwede means "can be" "everything's possible"

 

[soggyindo]

Gift means poison in norwegian.

Lol, and in german. i remember the story of an old german man standing in amazement that they had a whole "poison shop" in england

:D

 

[raredn.com]

Gift means poison in norwegian.

You learn something new everyday

Certainly wouldn't want that gift :imho:

My knowledge of Russin also is very basic but I do know that the language is normally expressed in the Cyrillic Alphabet, which would make Sosem.com pretty meaningless to the average Russian.

I understand your take on IDN's for international domain names.

On the other hand if a domain does mean something in ascii (English) keyboard letters in another language, then, people from other nationalities might be either laughing at your domain or thinking, what the heck was he/her thinking. Imagine I made a blog with the domain name sosem.com because I think it sounds cool, then a whole lot of Russian people are laughing going his blog means sucking :lol:

 

[Rubber Duck]

To be fair there has been a fair amount of Transliteration going on at the Domain Name level over the years in both Russian and Arabic. How else could you make domain names work when the natural script is not supported? Of course we also used to send messages by Telegraph using Morse Code, but you don't see so much of it these days.

You learn something new everyday

On the other hand if a domain does mean something in ascii (English) keyboard letters in another language, then, people from other nationalities might be either laughing at your domain or thinking, what the heck was he/her thinking. Imagine I made a blog with the domain name sosem.com because I think it sounds cool, then a whole lot of Russian people are laughing going his blog means sucking :lol:

 

[weblord]

i got another one domain magusap which means "let's talk" in english
i made it into a blog