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title: "Zune - The Hebrew Perspective"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/8/26/zune-the-hebrew-perspective.md"
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published: "2006-08-26T09:15:53"
updated: "2006-08-26T09:15:53"
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author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "I'm not sure how much the marketing people at Microsoft are aware of this, but \" Zune \" - their new portable player, has a very \"naughty\" meaning in Hebrew. How Naughty? Let's just say that if I were to use it in a…"
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# Zune - The Hebrew Perspective

By Roy Osherove August 26, 2006

**Historical article** · Originally published August 26, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

I'm not sure how much the marketing people at Microsoft are aware of this, but "[Zune](http://www.zunescene.com/)"  - their new portable player, has a very "naughty" meaning in Hebrew. How Naughty?

Let's just say that if I were to use it in a sentence it could look like this:

_"Would you like to get "Z-une"d and have a cigarette afterwards?"_

In fact, it's enough to utter the header on the ZuneScene page to crack up a little smile if you know a little Hebrew :_"Dude, You're getting a Zune!"_

_**Small note:** To utter it in the "naughty" sense in Hebrew, you'd pronounce it as "Zee-You-n". Saying "Zoon" is close enough, but really means nothing. However, if you compare this with "i-tunes" then "z-une" really does fit the bill quite nicely as "Zune music player" :)_


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