> ok well, the associations for english speakers are pretty > negative, I think. > The reason I asked what language was I was trying to > figure out how it would > come across in spanish. Con=with of course, not sure what > Man would do. I > can tell you that in French it just comes across as > wierd-looking and > impossible to pronounce. > Conversely People onTap is a rather interesting pun in > English, which would > be completely lost in another language. > I dunno if that helps but there's a little > free-associatio for ya <g>
I dunno... I think for english speakers "conman" would be semi-neutral... yeah, there's a negative connotation, but I don't think it would evoke the same sort of visceral response that for instance F*CKEditor elicits... and given that it needs to be named in just one language (whether that's english or french or whatever) I don't think considering it's connotations in other languages is a real issue, beyond perhaps not choosing a name that is known to be offensive in another language like for instance "Misseur Connard" or "C'est la Merde!" would probably be a bad choice. :) Though if we're talking about spanglish, "con man" might translate to "with man", which has a sort of ironic appropriateness to it, since it could be interpreted similarly to "people ontap". Thanks for the free assoc. :) s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174733 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
