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

Hi all,
On 30/03/2011 09:34, Stefan Weigel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 29.03.2011 17:12, schrieb aqualung:
>
> > Obviously, all francophone users will pronounce LibreOffice one way...
> > according to the pronunciation conventions of their language.
> >
> > The rest of the world, unless they have been exposed to French by learning
> > it as a second language, will have no idea.
> What about the poeple around the world who sometimes enjoy a Cuba
> Libre? :-D
>
> There are many other languages that would pronounce LibreOffice very
> similar to the french. But that´s not the point.
>
> > Before a recommended pronunciation is posted on a web page, agreement on a
> > particular one would have to be reached first.
> Again, every participant is free to pronounce it the way she/he
> likes. For me, there is nothing wrong with different pronunciation
> by people with different native tongue.
>
> Of course, since questions about the pronunciation come up, there
> can be a web page with examples of common and maybe different
> pronunciations. But that should be examples rather than
> recommendations or even an official rule, IMO.
Yes, that was my proposal, give an example, butletting peopletake 
ownership ofthe"music"ofthe wordseems to memostimportantthanthe 
accuracyof aFrenchpronunciation(for a word that is not specifically 
French).

Kind regards
Sophie


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