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manav 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Ambulate – Detailed Trip Planning

I get that ambulate just means to walk around but it gives the sense to something medical (as an American).

allenu 4 months ago [–]

That was my reaction as well to seeing the name. It makes me think of both ambulance and amputate, which are not good associations.

aspenmayer 4 months ago | [–]

The usage of the word is reminiscent of ambulatory which has a distinctive medical jargon connotation to my ear.

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