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		sixothree on Aug 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 8 gets Personal Use License for anyone bui... The same person who came up with the name Bing - the only four letter word that's difficult to say out loud.

JonnieCache on Aug 21, 2012 | [–]

Where do you hail (actually there's another one!) from?

To me, (UK) bing is self evidently the noise one hears when getting an answer right in a gameshow, or hitting a crystal wineglass with a fingernail.

MartinCron on Aug 21, 2012 | [–]

I would counter that "Kiln" is a four-letter word that's even more difficult to say out loud.

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