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Naomi Osaka’s new project with LeBron James mocked over ‘vulgar’ name
NY Post ^ | June 24, 2022 | Andrew Court

Posted on 06/27/2022 2:20:49 PM PDT by Mount Athos

Four-time Grand Slam tennis champ Naomi Osaka is being hit with backlash over the unintentionally — or cluelessly, depending on whom you ask — offensive name of her new media company, Hana Kuma.

...Hana kuma means “flower bear” in Japanese — but Twitter users quickly noted it has a far more explicit meaning in Swahili, where it translates to “woman without a vagina.”

The lost-in-translation controversy began trending on Twitter in multiple African countries...

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcourt; flowerbear; hanakuma; lebronjames; naomiosaka; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; swahili
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1 posted on 06/27/2022 2:20:49 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

I love it when the woke eat each other.


2 posted on 06/27/2022 2:22:11 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Mount Athos

Now she’s more popular with the trannys 🤪


3 posted on 06/27/2022 2:24:50 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Mount Athos
“woman without a vagina.”

Must be in reference to LeStinko James.

4 posted on 06/27/2022 2:25:11 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Mount Athos

Why would she name her company after Bruce Jenner?


5 posted on 06/27/2022 2:27:47 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: Mount Athos
Hana Kuma Alert!
6 posted on 06/27/2022 2:27:53 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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To: Mount Athos

... “woman without a vagina.”

Do they now hate trannies? It’s hard to keep up with the current trend.


7 posted on 06/27/2022 2:28:15 PM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: Mount Athos

Is that what Ellen Page is now?


8 posted on 06/27/2022 2:29:13 PM PDT by Houserino
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To: Mount Athos

as in Mike Obama?


9 posted on 06/27/2022 2:33:00 PM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: Mount Athos

In Hawaiian it means “working with athletes foot”


10 posted on 06/27/2022 2:33:42 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Mount Athos

Hakuna matata was rejected when the phrase’s true meaning of “man with no balls” was revealed.


11 posted on 06/27/2022 2:35:17 PM PDT by twister881
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To: SuperLuminal

Hakuna Matata Alett!


12 posted on 06/27/2022 2:36:28 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: Mount Athos

13 posted on 06/27/2022 2:36:50 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Mount Athos

This is nuts.

There are probably words in almost language that phonetically mean something vulgar or offensive in some other language.


14 posted on 06/27/2022 2:37:10 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Mount Athos

Wow, to think English doesn’t have such a word, should we feel gypped?

She’s a woke nutcase, hope she gets a lot of grief.


15 posted on 06/27/2022 2:38:21 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Jamestown1630

s/b ‘almost any language’.


16 posted on 06/27/2022 2:39:42 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Mount Athos

Will we ever quit hearing what “twitter users said”?


17 posted on 06/27/2022 2:41:41 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Jamestown1630

So, you’re saying that if a Vietnamese farmer, named Phuc, had a female sheep...🤔


18 posted on 06/27/2022 2:41:52 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Jamestown1630

“This is nuts.”

LULZ, really...


19 posted on 06/27/2022 2:44:08 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Eagles6

If you were going to name a company, would you search all the world’s languages to find out what your chosen name might mean if spoken in every one of them?


20 posted on 06/27/2022 2:53:53 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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