From: yitzhak b. g. <yit...@ya...> - 2005-05-08 21:12:05
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Returning to my suggestion or renaming Ruby to Ribui (rhymes with GUI, means "multi")... Jean-Daniel wrote: "Ribui"'s "diphtongue" is rather unpronouncable for -say- French peoples." Actually, Ribui sounds just like the French word Oui, meaning yes! That projects a very positive feeling. In addition, it retains a sound similar to the original, "Ruby". Best, Yitzhak --- Jean-Daniel Pauget <jd...@di...> wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, yitzhak bar geva wrote: > > > Here's my suggestion: > > "Ribui" (rhymes with GUI) is Hebrew for "multi". > It's > > short, sounds like Ruby and says what we want. > > Feedback, please... > > "Ribui"'s "diphtongue" is rather unpronouncable > for -say- > french peoples trying to guess how some english > peoples > would pronounce it. > I think it's a major drawback, if in a > conversation you say > "I'm using Moonlight multiscreen patched > Xserver" most will > be able to google for it back home. > Try "Ribui" in place of "Moonlight" ... the > difference is clear. > > PS : Moonlight stands for anything common in > english, I have no > preference. > > -- > Jean-Daniel Pauget > > Tיl: +33 (0) 676 952 746 > 2, rue Andrי PELCA > 50580 Denneville-Plage > France > > |