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Hello. In English this makes me think of the phrase “dog shit”. Not sure if that’s intentional or not.

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Second English speaker here who didn't make that connection at all

English is my third language and I can confirm I didn't even think about this

Same english is my fourth language and it didn't even appear to me

Author of dgsh here. This is definitely not what I had in mind.

Yeah, and the Slack logo designers claim they didn't have penises or swastikas on their mind, but here we are.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/slack-new-...

Another English speaker data point here & I actually read dogshit before I read dgsh.

That's what I think when I hear "bash".

batshit?

That's literally the word for shit in Norwegian: bæsj https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Nb-b%C3%...

The word “dash” is a word for shit in English (as in dashboard - literally the board on a buggy or wagon to deflect the horse droppings). That doesn’t keep a shell from being named that. Of course, dash also means to move quickly so it’s not the only meaning. Moving quickly seems to be the inspiration for the shell’s name.

Well, bash as a shell is ok. Writing complex scripts on the other hand...

> In English this makes me think of the phrase “dog shit”.

In English, this makes me think of the phrase "dig shell". I guess we just have different things on our minds...

:-p

Or shoes.

First thing I thought of also.

Now I can't unconnect this, I hope OP was aware because now he wont forget too.

and no matter how much i try, i can't make the connection. best i can come up with is dogshell, and even that is a stretch. phew...

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