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Why is Zig a bad name?

I would go with Zag.

I have to respectfully but strongly disagree. No one is moving 'zags' for great justice

I may be mistaken, but isn’t it phonetically phonetically same as German “sieg”? As in, “sieg heil” (nazi salute)?

German here. First of all, "Sieg" doesn't have a negative connotation, it just means "victory", nobody in Germany automatically associates it with with "Sieg Heil". Second of all, "Zig" doesn't sound like the German "Sieg", as the latter sounds more like the English "seek".

Okay, that's good to know. Thanks for taking time to explain. I'll have to correct my association then. Knowing that I was way off on that actually made my day better.

I heard this word in Eastern Europe countries exclusively referred to as a name for the neo-nazi salute.

Glad I could clarify :)

Update: You really have to enforce the association like shown in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_SwFHtgJCQ

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