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Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria
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Tom Chance |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria |
Date: |
Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:45:39 -0800 (PST) |
> I don't think you can win playing the name game, if
> you're not careful
> you end up in the "Red Cross/Red Cescent" fiasco. By
> the time you've
> ruled out words too close to other projects
> (Gnupedia), any sort of
> military links(Alexandria), religious links
> (Nalanda), racial links,
> sexist links, and have found a word/phrase that
> translates neatly into
> multiple languages without giving offence in any of
> them, and is still
> pronounceable, you're pretty much reduced to numbers
> (unless you want
> to do a lot of dictionary checking just in case your
> invented word is a
> rude word in another language).
>
> "Alexandria" may not be perfect, but it's good
> enough...
>
> /Bob Dodd
I agree.
And that's all I have to say on the matter, you said
it all really :)
Tom Chance
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- Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, (continued)
- Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Bob Dodd, 2001/01/19
- Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Bob Dodd, 2001/01/20
- Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Hector Facundo Arena, 2001/01/20
- Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Joakim Ziegler, 2001/01/20
- RE: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Hector Facundo Arena, 2001/01/20
- Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Jimmy Wales, 2001/01/21
- RE: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Hector Facundo Arena, 2001/01/21
- Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Jimmy Wales, 2001/01/22
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Imran Ghory, 2001/01/20
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria,
Tom Chance <=
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Tom Chance, 2001/01/20
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Rob Scott, 2001/01/20
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Rob Scott, 2001/01/20
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Tom Chance, 2001/01/20
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Tom Chance, 2001/01/20
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria, Rob Scott, 2001/01/20