Comment by hagbard_c 20 hours ago Karton, Dutch for 'cardboard'. Chosen because it is a tool to handle (virtual) boxes, maybe? 9 comments hagbard_c Reply EasyMark 35 minutes ago I assumed it was a mild allusion to VirtualBox, which I always call vbox atomicnumber3 19 hours ago No need to contact the Dutch for this one - I assume it's just "carton" with the C replaced with K hagbard_c 19 hours ago Ah, but the Dutch can get there without indirection which means they're faster than those label-swapping Anglo- and Francophones. pkaye 18 hours ago I would have gone with a creative name like kvm. gerdesj 18 hours ago French is not Germanic. It's a Romance language, so closer to Spanish, Italian, Portuguese etcEnglish, German and Dutch are Germanic. 1 reply → sureglymop 19 hours ago Could be German as well. gerdesj 18 hours ago English, Dutch and German are all ... Germanic.English is the weird one, except for the others. guappa 12 hours ago If a word is the same in italian and in english, 99% of the times it doesn't have german origins.
atomicnumber3 19 hours ago No need to contact the Dutch for this one - I assume it's just "carton" with the C replaced with K hagbard_c 19 hours ago Ah, but the Dutch can get there without indirection which means they're faster than those label-swapping Anglo- and Francophones. pkaye 18 hours ago I would have gone with a creative name like kvm. gerdesj 18 hours ago French is not Germanic. It's a Romance language, so closer to Spanish, Italian, Portuguese etcEnglish, German and Dutch are Germanic. 1 reply →
hagbard_c 19 hours ago Ah, but the Dutch can get there without indirection which means they're faster than those label-swapping Anglo- and Francophones. pkaye 18 hours ago I would have gone with a creative name like kvm. gerdesj 18 hours ago French is not Germanic. It's a Romance language, so closer to Spanish, Italian, Portuguese etcEnglish, German and Dutch are Germanic. 1 reply →
gerdesj 18 hours ago French is not Germanic. It's a Romance language, so closer to Spanish, Italian, Portuguese etcEnglish, German and Dutch are Germanic. 1 reply →
sureglymop 19 hours ago Could be German as well. gerdesj 18 hours ago English, Dutch and German are all ... Germanic.English is the weird one, except for the others. guappa 12 hours ago If a word is the same in italian and in english, 99% of the times it doesn't have german origins.
gerdesj 18 hours ago English, Dutch and German are all ... Germanic.English is the weird one, except for the others. guappa 12 hours ago If a word is the same in italian and in english, 99% of the times it doesn't have german origins.
guappa 12 hours ago If a word is the same in italian and in english, 99% of the times it doesn't have german origins.
I assumed it was a mild allusion to VirtualBox, which I always call vbox
No need to contact the Dutch for this one - I assume it's just "carton" with the C replaced with K
Ah, but the Dutch can get there without indirection which means they're faster than those label-swapping Anglo- and Francophones.
I would have gone with a creative name like kvm.
French is not Germanic. It's a Romance language, so closer to Spanish, Italian, Portuguese etc
English, German and Dutch are Germanic.
1 reply →
Could be German as well.
English, Dutch and German are all ... Germanic.
English is the weird one, except for the others.
If a word is the same in italian and in english, 99% of the times it doesn't have german origins.