On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Johnathan Meehan > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Shame about Flink, I quite liked it. I'm fine with Maher; it's also an >> Irish surname, so "Apache Maher" sounds like an old John Wayne film to >> me. That's not a bad thing. :)
I also like Irish names and culture :D >> >> Arabic has some interesting sounds; what about translations for the less >> common synonyms like "adroit" and "bravura", Mohammad, for more ideas? > > For Adroit: It can also be Maher of Hazek - *Note: For Hazek the H > letter is not original cause its Arabic pronunciation letter does not > have equivalent in English.* > For Bravura: It can be Shugaa Garea' :D which is much harder to > pronounce for non-Arabic speaking people :D > > So I would prefer to use Maher cause it more close to the meaning and > easy to pronounce :D. > >> The online dictionaries I found don't translate to the same alphabet. >> >> >> On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 22:26 +0300, Mohammad Nour El-Din wrote: >>> The Arabic name sounds easier to pronounce :P >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Julien Vermillard <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > flink sound nice but : http://sourceforge.net/projects/flink/ >>> > >>> > maher is nice too >>> > >>> > in french it's habile >>> > my 2 cents :) >>> > Julien >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din >>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> What about >>> >> >>> >> Maher >>> >> >>> >> Which is skillfull in Arabic :D ? >>> >> >>> >> wdyt ? >>> >> >>> >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Roger Schildmeijer >>> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I first considered "Flink", the Swedish translation of Deft. Could be a >>> >>> candidate :) >>> >>> >>> >>> // Roger >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 4, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Johnathan Meehan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> The only problem I see with deriving a name from Deft is finding >>> >>>> ourselves in the same position, as we realise that most of the usable >>> >>>> synonyms (or even broadly related words) already have some commercial >>> >>>> connotation. This[1] was useful, btw (but not helpful :)). >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Perhaps the quickest and easiest would be a simple acronym, or to >>> >>>> follow >>> >>>> the lead of others and pick something cute and furry (as per Tomcat or >>> >>>> Jackrabbit). I don't think we need a relationship to the "product", >>> >>>> just >>> >>>> something easy and memorable. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Did you ever have any other names in mind, Roger? Perhaps we could >>> >>>> revisit them. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> [1] http://www.visuwords.com/ >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 17:51 +0300, Mohammad Nour El-Din wrote: >>> >>>>> What about [1] as startup source of names related to Deft. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> [1]- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deft >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Roger Schildmeijer >>> >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>>> Nice initiative Johnathan. >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> Somehow I think/sugggest that the new name should somewhat be >>> >>>>>> derived from Deft. (at least thats my humble opinion). >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> // Roger >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> On Sep 4, 2011, at 2:39 PM, Johnathan Meehan wrote: >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> Things seem a little quiet now, so perhaps we can take the time to >>> >>>>>>> answer the project name question as it's been sitting around for a >>> >>>>>>> while. >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> In the related thread "Project name collision", it was accepted >>> >>>>>>> that we >>> >>>>>>> should [VOTE] but first collect the candidate suggestions. So, what >>> >>>>>>> do >>> >>>>>>> we have right now from that thread and in general? >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> - Apache Asynchronous Web Framework >>> >>>>>>> - Gruntmaster 6000 (okay, maybe not) >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> Who has imagination enough to suggest something reasonable? :) >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> Johnathan >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Thanks >>> >> - Mohammad Nour >>> >> ---- >>> >> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep >>> >> moving" >>> >> - Albert Einstein >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Thanks > - Mohammad Nour > ---- > "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" > - Albert Einstein > -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour ---- "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein
