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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Swede here, if you want an Ikea worthy name for this, I can see two options.

  1. Franson - old word to call someone a frenchman, it is also a surname meaning "son of Frans", Frans is a name derived from the Latin name "Franciscus", meaning "frenchman".
  2. Dalman - the last executioner in Sweden was "Anders Gustaf Dalman", he is also the only Swedish executioner who used a guillotine in an execution.
[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 month ago

I would prefer something more like

HEDFÄLLA

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A good marketing angle would be to call it "KINDNESS"

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope, Ikea uses Swedish names.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vänlighet, then?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is better, but I don't understand why you want to name an execution method "kindness" or "vänlighet"....

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Killing them with kindness is a common english phrase.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago

Ah, it is a pun, I think a normal name is better though, then you can say something like:

Him? oh, he had a meeting with Franson, there are so many cutbacks these days.

Alright Mr. Trump, Mr. Dalman is here to see you.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

For some reason I get the feeling they would call it "FRANSKA"