Re: Principles for new name

Larunbata 06 Azaroa 2010(e)an, Mark Kretschmann(e)k idatzi zuen:
> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 8:01 PM, C. Boemann <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Saturday 06 November 2010 19:51:35 Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:
> >> On 6 November 2010 14:42, Mark Kretschmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > So you said we should not suggest names just yet? I'm going to break
> >> > the rules, as I think that I have come up with something really nifty.
> >> 
> >> Hmm sorry for interrupting but niftyness (from your POV) is not enough
> >> strong reason to break the rules.
> >> The one problem I already see is that calligraphy is a lot about word
> >> processing, not about spreadsheets/presentations, and yet definitely
> >> not at all about databases. The other is that it's relatively hard to
> >> pronounce e.g. in Poland. Come on people please first try to validate
> >> the ideas, e.g. check if the name has two syllable (that's the best
> >> idea).
> > 
> > Yeah, I don't like it either. Reminds me of something pompous with no
> > real value, old fashioned and boring. The sort of name that would
> > actually turn me off rather than just being neutral. This goes for many
> > of the latin style words with more than 2 syllables btw.
> 
> This is coming from the guy who suggested "Kolaka"?

In fact the name was suggested by me and not even sent to this thread iirc, 
and it's not latin either.

OTOH, i agree with both Jaroslav and Casper, calligra may be difficult to 
pronounce and even difficult to spell (Calligra - Caligra), at least in some 
languages.

Cheers
-- 
Alfredo Beaumont Sainz
http://www.alfredobeaumont.org/blog.cgi

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