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Assuming "kanban" is the Japanese 看板[1] ("kanban", billboard), the Department of Redundancy Department would like a word with you and Kanboard regarding "kanban board".

[1]: https://jisho.org/search/%E7%9C%8B%E6%9D%BF



Kindly also report the usage of "Chai Tea" ('Chai' means 'Tea' in Pakistan/India, which is where that flavor originated from)


Same in Türkiye where "çay" (with the same pronunciation) means tea :)


It is called something like chai in half of the word and something like tea in the other half :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/etymologymaps/comments/g4bmh3/chai_...


And it's actually masala chai.


Incorrect assumption. This "kanban" refers to the signalling process you can use to maintain even levels of buffer inventory in processes that are too variable to do prodution levelling.

A board is just one implementation of this signalling process, but by no way implied by it.


Led lights, PIN numbers, and ATM Machines are all members of this phenomena, I wonder what it is called...


Apparently RAS Syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome) which is itself also a member


We should be reporting them all regardless. Let's just JFDI it.




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