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josteink on Jan 18, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tizen - new Android competitor

In Scandinavia (and other places with strongly Germanic-based languages) "Eeeh Oh Ess" is probably just as common. Haven't seemed to hurt Apple at all.

Android is Android everywhere though.

threedaymonk on Jan 19, 2013 [–]

I've heard plenty of "Yava" for Java in Germany and the Netherlands, too. Java still seems to be holding its head above the water, nonetheless.

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