• frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    515·
    2 days ago

    Yet another fucking cringe name to add to the modern corpo lexicon

    • Bytedance
    • Tencent
    • Xpeng
    • Crunchyroll

    I don’t even know that much about any of these companies or their practices but i just really dislike their names. I genuinely cringe when i read those words, lol

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Most of those are based upon non-English language references.

      • Tencent - The company name in Mandarin 腾讯 or in téng xùn. When pronounced it sort of sounds like ten cent (but not really to my ear).
      • Xpeng - The company name in Mandarin is 小鹏汽车; or in pinyin: Xiǎopéng Qìchē. So for a romanization Xiǎopéng is shortened to Xpeng
      • Crunchyroll - Isn’t Crunchyroll a type of a sushi roll?

      Or to put it another way, if you’re upset by these names, you should be equally upset with names like Starbucks, LA Fitness, or Del Taco.

      • Bytedance - Totally made up, I think for this for this one I think.