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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:28:34 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] "bits": Unit of account
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By culturally neutral I mean we avoid deliberately invoking a cultural refe=
rence in the name.  For example "satoshi" would be a reference to Japanese =
culture just for being a common Japanese name regardless of who Satoshi tur=
ns out to be.=20

Mike

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> On Apr 20, 2014, at 1:20 PM, "Christophe Biocca" <christophe.biocca@gmail=
.com> wrote:
>=20
> Culturally neutral? "bit" in French phonetically collides with slang
> for phallus ("bitte", with a silent "e"). Apparently it means "louse"
> in Turkish as well.
>=20
> Not that this really would be avoidable with any short word (all the
> short possible words are usually taken), but it's not neutral.
>=20
>> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Oliver Egginger <bitcoin@olivere.de> wr=
ote:
>> Hello,
>>=20
>> just my two 'cents':
>>=20
>> Terms arises by itself. Just as most people speak of coins when they
>> mean bitcoins. I do not see that bitcoin is currently in common use
>> except for speculation. Therefore no term for smaller units has
>> established yet. No problem in my eyes. Time will tell.
>>=20
>> - oliver
>>=20
>>=20
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