Re: [Gaim-cabal] Name and SoC

[Ethan B. <ebl...@cs...>]

Evan Schoenberg spake unto us the following wisdom:
> >Names on that list I don't hate: Cohort, Pidgin, Concorde.
> While I like the idea behind pidgin in terms of its meaning, I worry =20
> that it might carry negative connotations to some people as an =20
> uneducated / oversimplified linguistic set.

Dude, we're talking about an instant messenger.  These people *are*
uneducated, and they friggin' BUTCHER the language.

Pidgin has my #1 vote for all the marvelous nuances to its meaning as
applied to an IM program.

Ethan

--=20
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