NipCha

Swedish translation: 1.) Nothing 2.) Intoxicated foreigner trying to say "knipsa" (=clip off, snip off)

10:35 Nov 25, 2003

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English term or phrase: NipCha

Dear Colleagues!

We would like to ask you a favor. We are researching a term for its various shades of meaning. We would appreciate if you could spare two minutes to answer these two questions:

1.) If pronounced, does or do the word/s mean anything in your language. If so, what?
2.) If pronounced, what associations come to your mind in your language or culture? This could be a stream of words, adjectives, preferably images. A paragraph of a few sentences will do.

The term in question is:

"NipCha"

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Henning Bochert (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 84 (1 open) (6 without valid answers) Answers: 59 Germany
Local time: 07:35

Swedish translation:1.) Nothing 2.) Intoxicated foreigner trying to say "knipsa" (=clip off, snip off)

Explanation:
:o)

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Note added at 18 mins (2003-11-25 10:53:14 GMT)
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If this is a proposed product name, I would NOT use it in Sweden. It reminds me of when a major car manufacturer planned to introduce a car model called \"Fitta\" (=\"Cunt\" in Swedish).

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Note added at 26 mins (2003-11-25 11:01:28 GMT)
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Just tried \"NipCha\" on the mailman. His chain of thought:
Knipsa > Vasectomy

Selected response from:

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 07:35

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1.) Nothing 2.) Intoxicated foreigner trying to say "knipsa" (=clip off, snip off)

Sven Petersson

Snip snap

EKM

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nipcha

1.) Nothing 2.) Intoxicated foreigner trying to say "knipsa" (=clip off, snip off)

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 07:35
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English
PRO pts in pair: 14763

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1 hr confidence:

Snip snap

Explanation:
My associations are close to those of Sven and his mailman, it has a curt "snipping and snapping" feel.

"pinch" - "nypa" is also high on the association list.

It doesn't ring too well in Swedish.

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Note added at 2003-11-25 12:15:00 (GMT)
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The KudoZ are Sven\'s if anyone\'s, of course. I just didn\'t think there was enough space in the \"agree\" box.

EKM
Sweden
Local time: 07:35
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in pair: 1950

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