how to say 'Bitcoin' in your national language?

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Quote from: shantee on May 07, 2013, 02:51:14 PM

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Are you trying to be offensive with that comment or do you just suffer from foot in mouth syndrome?

No actually I was trying to find a nice way to say that your mockup / "work in progress" (whatever you call it) is just ...ok..Let's say not so good. I guess I failed ^^

Well sorry you understood my remark that way but you should really try to take it as constructive criticism..I mean did you give a look at some other banknotes before coming up with this ? Perhaps you might be inspired taking a close look at a 10€ banknote , 100 baht , 100 yuan , or a dollar bill ...

..And actually calling it "design" or even the beginning of it could offense some people around here

It was not supposed to be good it was supposed to be an example. I drew it in paint in 5 mins. I was half asleep and tired and looking for some input so made an example image to spur some people to help.

I understand what you were trying to say but your natural assumption that I have not studied design without knowing me personally was a bit offensive. Basically you missed the point i was trying to make to collect how bitcoin is said which has no bearing on a final design......and I cant see how a simple drawing short of a swastika/picture of a black guy in chains with a heart around him and smiling saying I love slavery/anything that slanders Islam can 'cause offence' to people unless they are right up their own behinds and get offended at everything.

However you can surely see my offence when you make a sarcastic comment referencing my CV/resume without knowing me or it's content, is ignorant, and ignorant people offend me.

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Quote from: shantee on May 07, 2013, 01:15:23 PM

I am just coming back to the subject of that topic because I am wondering now..
What's the use of designing a bitcoin note ? Sorry if it's a silly question, but i was believing such things would never exist since bitcoin is a virtual cryptocurrency. That means you'll have to write a private key on a your note ? And then it would exchangeable only one time (and personally i won't trusty somebody giving me such a paper and telling me "ok , here you go, here are your 10 btc"

oh and have you thought about learning about design and stuff before starting your project ?

Think about it more like a personal check. There must be some people you would trust to hand you a personal check, right? Like your mother, or your best friend, or your boss. Why wouldn't you trust one of these people to hand you a bitcoin note as well?

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Are you trying to be offensive with that comment or do you just suffer from foot in mouth syndrome?

No actually I was trying to find a nice way to say that your mockup / "work in progress" (whatever you call it) is just ...ok..Let's say not so good. I guess I failed ^^

Well sorry you understood my remark that way but you should really try to take it as constructive criticism..I mean did you give a look at some other banknotes before coming up with this ? Perhaps you might be inspired taking a close look at a 10€ banknote , 100 baht , 100 yuan , or a dollar bill ...

..And actually calling it "design" or even the beginning of it could offense some people around here

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Quote from: shantee on May 07, 2013, 01:15:23 PM

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Heck, it sounds funny to me whenever I hear somebody actually say "bitcoin", and I am a natural English speaker. I read about bitcoins on the forum all the time, but I don't actually hear people say it often. Probably just something to get used to over time.

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I am just coming back to the subject of that topic because I am wondering now..
What's the use of designing a bitcoin note ? Sorry if it's a silly question, but i was believing such things would never exist since bitcoin is a virtual cryptocurrency.

People like to feel physical things, As per the physical bitcoins that are currently available.

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oh and have you thought about learning about design and stuff before starting your project ?

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Are you trying to be offensive with that comment or do you just suffer from foot in mouth syndrome?

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Heck, it sounds funny to me whenever I hear somebody actually say "bitcoin", and I am a natural English speaker. I read about bitcoins on the forum all the time, but I don't actually hear people say it often. Probably just something to get used to over time.

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I am just coming back to the subject of that topic because I am wondering now..
What's the use of designing a bitcoin note ? Sorry if it's a silly question, but i was believing such things would never exist since bitcoin is a virtual cryptocurrency. That means you'll have to write a private key on a your note ? And then it would exchangeable only one time (and personally i won't trusty somebody giving me such a paper and telling me "ok , here you go, here are your 10 btc"

oh and have you thought about learning about design and stuff before starting your project ?

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Quote from: shantee on May 07, 2013, 11:18:57 AM

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How would you read bitcoin in french? "beet-kwahn"? That probably looks silly to you

Yes I suppose you can write "beet" in english to represent the way would pronounce "bit" in french as for "coin" in english I can't write it using roman letters because you don't have that sound in english but in phonetic alphabet it should be "kwɛ̃" ..
so in french bitcoin = "beet"+[kwɛ̃]

Now yes it sounds a little funny to me but I am not sure why exactly. Probably because "bit" sounds like "bitte" in french which is a slang term for "dick" and also "coin" ([kwɛ̃] ) sounds like what ducks do [kwɛ̃] [kwɛ̃] [kwɛ̃] [kwɛ̃] . An other reason could be that it's still a new word and I haven't heard a lot of french speaking people pronouncing it yet.

I don't speak dutch / hindi , chinese or any other language (beside french / english / thai) but I suppose some other language could have very different way to pronounce it, and it might also sound funny

Heck, it sounds funny to me whenever I hear somebody actually say "bitcoin", and I am a natural English speaker. I read about bitcoins on the forum all the time, but I don't actually hear people say it often. Probably just something to get used to over time.

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Guys,

thanks for your input, I've been quite busy with my auction running answering questions there so not had a chance to turn attention to the notes, but rest assured im grateful for the contributions and will be using them on my prototype designs.....

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How would you read bitcoin in french? "beet-kwahn"? That probably looks silly to you

Yes I suppose you can write "beet" in english to represent the way would pronounce "bit" in french as for "coin" in english I can't write it using roman letters because you don't have that sound in english but in phonetic alphabet it should be "kwɛ̃" ..
so in french bitcoin = "beet"+[kwɛ̃]

Now yes it sounds a little funny to me but I am not sure why exactly. Probably because "bit" sounds like "bitte" in french which is a slang term for "dick" and also "coin" ([kwɛ̃] ) sounds like what ducks do [kwɛ̃] [kwɛ̃] [kwɛ̃] [kwɛ̃] . An other reason could be that it's still a new word and I haven't heard a lot of french speaking people pronouncing it yet.

I don't speak dutch / hindi , chinese or any other language (beside french / english / thai) but I suppose some other language could have very different way to pronounce it, and it might also sound funny

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Actually, in post-1981 modern Greek, it would be:

μπιτκόιν

No point above ι, accent in o, no diaeresis or trema above ι .

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check if these are correct:

Latin: bitcoin
Japanese: ビットコイン
Chinese: 比特币
Traditional chinese: 比特幣
Hebrew: ביטקוין
Cyrillic: биткoйн
Hindi, Marathi: बिटकॉइन
Arabic: بتكوين
Greek: μπίτκoϊν
Korean: 비트코인
Tamil: பிட்காயின்
Esperanto: bitmono

Please OP write the ones you know in your first post, not only in that image, it is unreadable

also an old thread
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-is-bitcoin-written-in-different-languages-128009

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Quote from: shantee on May 07, 2013, 10:40:55 AM

I can tell you how to write it in thai : บิทคอยน์
It won't be pronounced like you'd pronounce bitcoin in english though, it should sound like "bitkoy"

Everywhere we use roman characters (abcde...) the word won't change but the pronunciation might differ a lot. In my concern I am french and I pronounce it the french way (even though I got not problems with english language and even if it kind of sounds silly in french)

How would you read bitcoin in french? "beet-kwahn"? That probably looks silly to you

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I can tell you how to write it in thai : บิทคอยน์
It won't be pronounced like you'd pronounce bitcoin in english though, it should sound like "bitkoy"

Everywhere we use roman characters (abcde...) the word won't change but the pronunciation might differ a lot. In my concern I am french and I pronounce it the french way (even though I got not problems with english language and even if it kind of sounds silly in french)

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With the influx of newbies, I honestly can't tell anymore if these threads are serious attempts or if they're just trolling to make fun of idiots who would support them.

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ビットコイン (Pronunciation: bittokoin)

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Quote from: Sukrim on May 03, 2013, 05:31:35 PM

Also as already said, there is a thread with literal and most likely used translations and transliterations of bitcoin already on the forum. Use Google site search for example.

As asked before, can you point me in it's direction, as I have searched but cannot find it. I would be most grateful.

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Quote from: Sukrim on May 03, 2013, 05:31:35 PM

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Quote from: Sukrim on May 03, 2013, 03:31:25 PM

EBPO is just Euro in Cyrillic letters... Roll Eyes

No its not, if you knew anything about the Bulgarian Language you would not say that. EBPO is EVRO a 'B' is a 'V' in Cyrillic. It is also pronounced 'EVRO' in speech. Are you trolling?

Call the European Central Bank then and tell them to stop putting out new 5 Euro notes with exactly this transliteration...

you mean this one?

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Quote from: bitcoin_bob on May 03, 2013, 04:07:04 PM

Quote from: Sukrim on May 03, 2013, 03:31:25 PM

EBPO is just Euro in Cyrillic letters... Roll Eyes

No its not, if you knew anything about the Bulgarian Language you would not say that. EBPO is EVRO a 'B' is a 'V' in Cyrillic. It is also pronounced 'EVRO' in speech. Are you trolling?

Call the European Central Bank then and tell them to stop putting out new 5 Euro notes with exactly this transliteration...

Some people...

Also as already said, there is a thread with literal and most likely used translations and transliterations of bitcoin already on the forum. Use Google site search for example.

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I think sukrim isn't trolling, He's just as ignorant as me. Someone has told you that this is needed? I mean, bitcoin it's a very new thing and english is being spoken in almost all the world.

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Quote from: Sukrim on May 03, 2013, 03:31:25 PM

EBPO is just Euro in Cyrillic letters... Roll Eyes

No its not, if you knew anything about the Bulgarian Language you would not say that. EBPO is EVRO a 'B' is a 'V' in Cyrillic. It is also pronounced 'EVRO' in speech. Are you trolling?

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