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Fail. This is bìng and not bing. With an accent on top of the i. Completely different and not even a "spelled the same" thing.
Posted by: Lightning | Friday, February 17, 2017 at 04:01 AM
The accent only refers to the tone of the word, Lightning. In this case, it's a falling tone; the word goes from high tone to low tone.
I do believe the search engine WAS in fact named for a Chinese word but I don't remember which it is offhand.
Posted by: Kai Lowell | Friday, February 17, 2017 at 01:27 PM
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Fail. This is bìng and not bing. With an accent on top of the i. Completely different and not even a "spelled the same" thing.
Posted by: Lightning | Friday, February 17, 2017 at 04:01 AM
The accent only refers to the tone of the word, Lightning. In this case, it's a falling tone; the word goes from high tone to low tone.
I do believe the search engine WAS in fact named for a Chinese word but I don't remember which it is offhand.
Posted by: Kai Lowell | Friday, February 17, 2017 at 01:27 PM