tell it to the product manager for the Nova ;) Dana On 9/22/05, s. isaac dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 > > >
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