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What language is that? And that issue appears for a number of words in a variety of different languages. While it’s not exactly a minefield matrix, is it really so bad that the makers of a thing don’t know how to check the meaning of their word in every language?

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Urdu/Hindi. So your basically excluding about 2 billion right off the bat. And as for your other point, it's not like the word just happened to be offensive, he deliberately sought out something he knew would be controversial.

That's interesting. Could you please elaborate how it is an insult? Genuinely curious.

It's not. Ganja could mean either marijuana or "bald" depending on how you pronounce it. Not offensive or an insult which would "exclude 2 billion people" either way.

I am an Indian and knows Hindi. I am curious to know how it is offensive or an insult. And among students it may earn some giggles and nothing more. And for South India, which probably has the infrastructure to use a library like this, Hindi isn't even the medium for communication.

Thanks for this background info. I also agree with your assessment - so far its just gotten some giggles and maybe even some extra attention from students who are not always easy to motivate when it comes to math. Its also racked up quite a few references in scientific publications (as its the only library offering these types of easy visualizations) - so it does appear most can appreciate it for the silly joke it was meant to be.

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