Aeropause recently picked up on ITWorld’s story concerning Microsoft’s new media player, the name of which is “analogous to the F-Bomb in Hebrew.”

Hebrew linguists are divided over Zune. Tsila Ratner, the head of Hebrew courses in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London, says Zune is an unsuitable name for a product. However, Haggit Inbar-Littas, a 30-year veteran Hebrew teacher with the London Jewish Cultural Center, says while the name is “ridiculous” and close to the bad word, it’s unlikely to be mistaken.

Ridiculous indeed.  Like a newer rendition of the Nintendo Wii naming fiasco.