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jessaustin

That name seems easy to mispronounce.

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It's an Australian company, I'd wager it's a deliberate choice :)

Probably toned it down from "Yeahitsfuckedmate.com"

Surprisingly accurate :)

Haha, I miss you Alan.

I'm not a native English speaker, can you explain?

I mean, I can see how it would be a problem if you were to mispronounce the 'g' as a 't', but a g and t differ enough that I can't imagine that happening.

Or is there another mispronunciation that I'm missing here?

If you don’t enunciate the h it sounds like “buggered,” which has a few potential meanings. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Buggered

In Australia buggered colloquially just means “broken and tired”.

The toaster is buggered (broken). We’ve had meetings all day and I’m buggered (tired)

I'm guessing OP had in mind "buggered" — i.e., to be sodomized.

Errr... no... just no.

Words have meanings. Some words have multiple meanings, but many people will think of the most common meaning when encountering a word outside of any context that would imply otherwise.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Buggered

Please don't take this as a criticism! I think it's great that this firm has such an adventurous name.

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