A little lost in translation – i-Fukkin for iPhone
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 @ 8:55 am by harvey in Gadgets, Humor, Language
Here is a great Japanese iPhone app that encourages you to do sit-ups. i-Fukkin!
They should have done some research before settling on their application name though.
FUKKIN is 腹筋 (ふっきん) in Japanese, which means “abdominal muscles,” and isn’t funny at all. You can use 腹筋 as a verb too and say, 「腹筋をする」to mean “to do sit-ups.”
The app is pretty fun.
It counts your sit ups for you.
It gives you encouragement as you proceed.
When you stop, it says 「こらー！休むなぁ！！！」(koraa! yasumuna!) which means, “Hey!!! don’t rest!”
You also get to watch a nice cheer-girl urge you on.
Fun stuff! Really too bad about the name though. Hahah.
Check out i-Fukkin’s official website.
Harvey
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TomB
Oct 1st, 2009
at 15:26
You’re joking, ne? You really think the name wasn’t chosen very deliberately?
I like the way she says ’sekushi!’ after ‘yon’. Fanservice! Yeah!
bob
Oct 19th, 2009
at 01:29
That’s fukkin’ cool !
locohama
Nov 8th, 2009
at 17:51
damn, do I need some ab work too. Maybe i’ll break down and buy an I-phone
thanks yo
miichan
Feb 1st, 2010
at 18:24
it’s so cool
i’m gonna buy it 100%