A little lost in translation – i-Fukkin for iPhone

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 @ 8:55 am by in Gadgets, Humor, Language Views: 864

Here is a great Japanese iPhone app that encourages you to do sit-ups. i-Fukkin!

i-Fukkin
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

  • TomB

    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

    That’s fukkin’ cool !

  • http://goinglocoinyokohama.wordpress.com locohama

    damn, do I need some ab work too. Maybe i’ll break down and buy an I-phone
    thanks yo

  • miichan

    it’s so cool
    i’m gonna buy it 100%

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