Zune is a Four-Letter Word…

By George Walker | October 21, 2006

According to an ITworld.com article I saw posted on EvilAvatar, Zune, the name of Microsoft’s new media player is analogous to the F-bomb in Hebrew.

Hebrew linguists are divided over Zune. Tsila Ratner, the head of Hebrew courses in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London, says Zune is an unsuitable name for a product. However, Haggit Inbar-Littas, a 30-year veteran Hebrew teacher with the London Jewish Cultural Center, says while the name is “ridiculous” and close to the bad word, it’s unlikely to be mistaken.

No kidding. Just look at the Wii, for instance…