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Comment by adlpz | Hacker News Reader

I really hope people are not that close-minded, seriously...

By the way, from the wiki:

It's a cool name. What does it mean and how should I pronounce that word?

It's a Czech word which means "triple". The meaning is an inside joke related to a Czech pseudo-word, blésmrt. The whole story is inspired by Mutt's "all e-mail clients suck, this one just sucks less". The real pronounciation is rather hard for English speakers, so you can stick with a Spanish-like style.

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Trojan also came to my mind at first thought because I have no other basis of the meaning of Trojita in English.

For me it's not about being close-minded, it's about the mind making quick decisions whether to engage or discard information.

Maybe it's because English is not my first language then. Still, you could have thought of IMAP-Powered condoms, that would have been funnier.

The 'Trojan' brand is primarily an American brand, so a lot of people aren't getting this.

When I saw the title, I thought it would be about a mail client that was somehow insidiously stealing your passwords.

Just another data point.

In Italian, "troia" means "whore", as well as the ancient city of Troy. Italian uses "ina" or "etta" as diminuitive suffixes, rather than the Spanish "ita", but still... I don't know that I'd want to be discussing it at work.

And we (italian) speak about the city of Troy without any shame because has a completely different meaning, so I don't see any problem in speaking about Trojita at work (which is also a nonexistent word in italian, opposite to the translation of Troy)

I live in Penistone. After a few giggles when I first moved there, you just stop noticing after a while.

I don't think it's about being close-minded, if you name a word suggestively close to something negative then you'll get negative associations with it. It's not rocket science.

Imagine a condom brand named "Leakys".

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