Re: [tdf-discuss] New name

Hi Mirek, *,

Mirek M. schrieb:
> 2010/10/2 Christian Lohmaier
> <lohmaier+ooofuture@googlemail.com<lohmaier%2Booofuture@googlemail.com
> > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Mirek M. <mazelm@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > I'm really excited about the project, but I'm a bit concerned
> > > about the name. What concerns me is that one can't tell how to
> > > pronounce the name.

I also thought about that, but I couldn't find a better solution. It
exactly expresses, what happened: liberating the Office! ;o)).
Well done, document founders! 

> > > Some pronounce it "librehoffice", some (including me)
> > > "leeberoffice", some may even pronounce it as "libberoffice".

> > I'd pronounce it with the french word libre (free) and english
> > office /lib fs/ (not sure about IPA, but you should get the idea.

> Okay, thanks, I like that pronunciation.
> Still, that doesn't change anything about the fact that it's hard to
> guess the pronunciation for the average person.

Not for all average persons. Here in Germany - no problem. You face a
problem, which people face with many (american-) english terms in wide
parts of the world.

For You won't find words identical pronounced in whole world:
how abount a competition in findig cool pronunciations?
Or adding some small pronunciation howto to the FAQ? :o))

> > And regarding the Office part:
> > Calling it completely different might work for a single-purpose
> > application like a webbrowser or some other dedicated tool, or when
> > you don't give a damn about competitiors like Apple and have the
> > corresponding marketing machinery and blind followers.

agreed!

[..]

Gruß/regards
-- 
Friedrich

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german language OpenOffice.org and more on CD/DVD 
http://prooo-box.org 


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