Hi all,
Italo Vignoli wrote:
I am not a native English speaker, but I think that "liberty" - which
has the same root of libre - is not pronounced as "laiberty". I have
heard many native English speakers pronounce libre, and they all
pronounce it the same way.
On 3/30/11 8:37 AM, M Henri Day wrote:
What, pray, is «the English pronunciation of "libre"» ? If the first vowel
is to be pronounced as «aɪ» as in, say, «live», it differs vastly from the
customary pronunciation in almost all European languages - Germanic as well
as Romance - which is much closer to «iː», and can hardly serve as «the
reference for every language»....
I agree with both of you:
Even if "library" is pronounced differently, I'd like to hear "libre" to be pronounced
like "Libra", the zodiac balance sign. Unlike to "liberty", the "i" is a long vowel.
This is the most ambiguous pronounciation issue, so I think we should address it
by providing a recommendation.
Pronounciation of the "b" might be different for some roman languages (turning to
a "v" like "livre"), but that's hardly an issue, as it sounds quite similar.
Same non-issue with the "r" (rolling in different ways, not rolling at all): These
differences are marginal in my eyes.
If the "e" is spoken or not depends on the speaker too: French people tend to skip it,
others pronounce it.
I remember my first OOoCon when I found out that most speakers talked about
"OpenOffice - dot - org" while I was used to "OpenOffice org" in German.
It didn't take long that I used the "dot" version in English, while I stayed without in
German.
It will probably the same in your local community too:
You will agree to one pronounciation once you met personally (on a fair or at any
other event). Perhaps this version is not the one used by the majority of community
members when they speak English.
Don't think you *must* fit any "official" pronounciation.
if we could agree on an English version with long "i" like "Libra" instead of "ai"
like "library", this would probably help spreading the word in a similar way, but any
other example should be just an example.
Best regards
Bernhard
--
Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+help@documentfoundation.org
Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/
*** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Context
- Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry) (continued)
(message not available)
(message not available)
(message not available)
Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: How to pronounce the name (again, sorry) · M Henri Day
Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: How to pronounce the name (again, sorry) · Italo Vignoli
Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: How to pronounce the name (again, sorry) · Charles Marcus
Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: How to pronounce the name (again, sorry) · Prabath Galagamage
Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: How to pronounce the name (again, sorry) · Charles Marcus
Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: How to pronounce the name (again, sorry) · M Henri Day
Privacy Policy |
Impressum (Legal Info) |
Copyright information: Unless otherwise specified, all text and images
on this website are licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
This does not include the source code of LibreOffice, which is
licensed under the Mozilla Public License (
MPLv2).
"LibreOffice" and "The Document Foundation" are
registered trademarks of their corresponding registered owners or are
in actual use as trademarks in one or more countries. Their respective
logos and icons are also subject to international copyright laws. Use
thereof is explained in our
trademark policy.