[Mageia-discuss] New name for cooker

Tue Sep 21 17:13:06 CEST 2010

2010/9/21 John Keller <mageia at johnkeller.com>:
+> I'm sure you're excited about this launch, but I think that's an
+> inflammatory statement. You don't have to be illiterate or a monkey to
+> have problems with language, just inexperienced in foreign languages
+> and/or English.
+
+Hmm, you are right but the complaint about prononciation came from an
+English speaker, not from somebody of a different language and/or
+cultural background, so I reacted to his words.
+
+> And as a native English speaker, I can attest to the fact that yes, in
+> the technical world, people tend to have, er, interesting ideas about
+> spelling - whether it's intentional or not. And while the international
+> technical language may be English, names bring along with them a lot of
+> cultural and orthographic baggage.
+
+Yes, I remember a discussion about proper spelling while proofreading
+an english text, where the proofreader (a college professor for
+literature) reminded me that non-native english speakers often have a
+better knowledge about english grammar and/or spelling than native
+speakers. I see the same with non-native German speakers compared with
+native german speakers.
+
+But I thought cauldron to be a known english expression and wondered
+why it was said to be too complicated to pronounce.
+
+If I was too offending, pls accept my apology.
+