[Mageia-discuss] New name for cooker

Tue Sep 21 11:37:43 CEST 2010

Le 21/09/2010 10:56, Anshul Jain a écrit :
+> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Oliver Burger
+> <oliver.bgr at googlemail.com> wrote:
+>   
+>> Jan Ciger <jan.ciger at gmail.com>
+>>     
+>>> Guys, let's keep it pronounceable and easy to remember, shall we? It
+>>> will probably wind up in the names of mailing lists and web page and
+>>> such and name that nobody can spell/pronounce correctly is no good.
+>>> Cooker was good from this point of view.
+>>>
+>>> Things like "mathetria" or "hephaestus" are not.
+>>>       
+>> I don't think, most people would have problems pronouncing hephaestus, at
+>> least not in Europe and America, since in the European languages there is some
+>> greek background to be found.
+>>
+>>     
+> Most people in India, AFAIK will have a problem pronouncing
+> "mathetria" or "hephaestus". Sticking to a Greek name which is also
+> used in English would be better for users other than in
+> Europe/America.
+>
+> -Anshul
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+Hephaistos, in old roman culture, was called Vulcan, more easy to
+pronounce (and write)
+And I guess all the linuxians fan of Star Trek will support this name.
+
+Jehane
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