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Comment by jacobush

Ok I'm Swedish, but my reading is "friend of someone" combined with "friend of you". It's hard to explain but it holds these 2 meanings very closely.

Plus the pun of "valve" in the same word, which is also fitting, for letting out steam.

Besides it sounds great in English. Sounds like a new expensive drug. Imagine the TV commercial: "Contact your doctor to learn if Ventilen is for you. May cause hair loss, liver failure and bla bla bla. "

parent jacobush 7 years ago

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