The Zune, Microsoft's soon-to-be-released media player, sounds like the Hebrew word for "fuck," says Infoworld.

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.

This won't hurt sales for the player (The "FCUK" label is popular, right?), but at least we all have a new curse word to use when our week-old Zunes break.

Microsoft Zune: No sweet tune in Hebrew [InfoWorld]

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