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> Jitsi - their biggest offense in my book is their name, which is hard to say is or is not really offensive.

And who can't remember not using a video conference app that didn't have an inoffensive name?

If "jitsi" is offensive, who to? If not, which video conferencing app names are?

It comes from жици in Bulgarian, which means "wires".

I think the author should remove that part of the blog post because it detracts from the author's point and is even a bit embarrassing that they hadn't looked it up.

A reference for the name: https://desktop.jitsi.org/Documentation/FAQ.html#spelling

Thanks for the background. From the .si domain I'd assumed it was pronounced "Yitsi" not "Ðitsi".

Sounds kind of like “Gypsy”, I guess.

I'm 3/4 Gypsy and I don't have a problem with it.

They should add this to the docs as a quote.

Sounds far fetched. There's still the t vs p when pronounced by english speakers which are pretty distinct.

WP on the name origin:

> Jitsi (from Bulgarian: жици, "wires")

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