Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

In the U.S., it is also unclear how to pronounce LibreOffice.  Those of 
us showing up to man the booth at SCaLE came with slightly different 
assumptions on pronunciation.  Do we need an official position from TDF, 
perhaps a localized one, or is it OK for everyone to say it how they want?

     ----Jon

On 03/27/2011 09:17 AM, Prabath Galagamage wrote:
> In the Sri Lanka and Sinhala language we have problem with correct
> pronunciation. There is no correct pronunciation, we can not write name of
> LIbreOffice by Sinhala language. Please insert correct pronunciation audio
> to TDF web site.
>
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Michel Gagnon<michel@mgagnon.net>  wrote:
>
> > I
> >       saw users having problem pronouncing the software name
> >        "LibreOffice" in Thailand. I found this pagehttp://
> > www.libreoffice.org/get-help/faq/general-faq/how-do-you-pronounce-libreoffice/thatlink to Google 
> > translate to provide the (official?)
> >       pronouncement.http://translate.google.com/#fr|en|LibreOfficeI'm quite
> > surprised with it. I thought it is ˈlɪbə as in "liberty"
> >       orlbr as inhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/vers+libreSo actually it
> > is ˈliːbreɪ as inhttp://es.thefreedictionary.com/libre, right? (phonetic
> >        copy/paste from the website)It would be nice if someone could provide
> > an official
> >       pronouncement sound file on the LibreOffice website (and phonetic,
> >       for the literate). Since we start to pronounce the name
> >        differently here in Thailand.I'm French speaking, and would refer you
> > to these:
> > http://fr.thefreedictionary.com/librehttp://en.thefreedictionary.com/office(USflag)The problem I 
> > find with these sound files is that they should be
> >     slowed down. According to Le Robert (physical dictionary), it
> > is libʀ(ə) Therefore, the phonetic translitteration of the 1st word islibʀ,
> > because the last "e" is not pronounced as "ə",
> >     but is muted as the second word is linked to it.The Office part comes
> > from here:
> > http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/officeThecomplete name should be 
> > something like :libʀˈɒfɪs or
> >      libʀˈɔːfɪsbut I would really like an English-speaking person to correct
> > the
> >     Office part.--
> > Michel Gagnon –michel@mgagnon.netMontréal (Québec, Canada) –mgagnon.net
> >
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