• @maniclucky@lemmy.world
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    522 months ago

    It’s not that bad. It’s just German for flea market. And English speakers shouldn’t have an issue with at least “Markt”. Not far from a cognate.

    Definitely better names but I think the bigger hurdle is getting the critical mass to get something like marketplace to work in the fediverse even with the perfect name.

    • FundMECFS
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      432 months ago

      Yep. It’s kind of annoying when people see everything through an “english” lense and assume anything that isn’t made to work for english speakers won’t work…

      • @maniclucky@lemmy.world
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        22 months ago

        The sentence structure is kinda wonky coming from English, but the vocab isn’t bad. There are tons of cognates.