>>>I also don't use Thor. If it were named "Visual FoxPro Helper Utilities" I would use it. But "Thor"? Nope. It has undesirable connotations in the extreme.
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>>>Thor -- "Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent."
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>>>Nope. Never.
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>>Now I am offended. Thor was named by me, based on my own name which happens to mean Big (Stor, the S has "disappeared" over time),
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>FWIW, I've been offended by Thor's name since I heard of it. It's literally why I've never used it. The mythology connotations are too much.
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>I have other areas in my life where I move similarly, all based on principle and devotion to faith. Calling something "Thor" is a choice. And it has ramifications in what that name conveys. I consider these things. I've even renamed my Liberty Software Foundation (LibSF) to now be called 3Alive because of what it conveys.

Do you also consider possibility that names or words that you use may have meanings/connotation in languages or culture other than your own? Do you also consider possible problems when transliteration occurs (as well as the usual problems when going between tonal and non-tonal language) ?