Name suggestion: Ribui instead of Ruby

[yitzhak b. g. <yit...@ya...>]

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.
> 
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