Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Some ideas for GNU/Alexandria

[Tom Chance]

> 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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