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<B>Lombard Marianne</B>
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<I>Tue Sep 21 11:37:43 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>Le 21/09/2010 10:56, Anshul Jain a écrit :
><i> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Oliver Burger
</I>><i> <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">oliver.bgr at googlemail.com</A>> wrote:
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</I>>><i> Jan Ciger <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">jan.ciger at gmail.com</A>>
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</I>>>><i> Guys, let's keep it pronounceable and easy to remember, shall we? It
</I>>>><i> will probably wind up in the names of mailing lists and web page and
</I>>>><i> such and name that nobody can spell/pronounce correctly is no good.
</I>>>><i> Cooker was good from this point of view.
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</I>>>><i> Things like "mathetria" or "hephaestus" are not.
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</I>>><i> I don't think, most people would have problems pronouncing hephaestus, at
</I>>><i> least not in Europe and America, since in the European languages there is some
</I>>><i> greek background to be found.
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</I>><i> Most people in India, AFAIK will have a problem pronouncing
</I>><i> "mathetria" or "hephaestus". Sticking to a Greek name which is also
</I>><i> used in English would be better for users other than in
</I>><i> Europe/America.
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</I>><i> -Anshul
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</I>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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