2011/3/27 Stefan Weigel <stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org> > Hi, > > Am 27.03.2011 08:22, schrieb Samphan Raruenrom: > > > I found this page > > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/faq/general-faq/how-do-you-pronounce-libreoffice/ > > that link to Google translate to provide the (official?) pronouncement. > > I don´t think, that this is "official" in sense of approved by TDF > or the TDF community. > > > http://translate.google.com/#fr|en|LibreOffice > > This sounds odd to me, personally. > > The following sounds almost like the one I am used to: > http://translate.google.com/#fr|en|LiebreOffice > > > I'm quite surprised with it. I thought it is ˈlɪbə as in "liberty" > > orlbr as in http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vers+libre > > So actually it is ˈliːbreɪ as in > > http://es.thefreedictionary.com/libre , right? > > Yes, I would agree. > > > It would be nice if someone could provide an official pronouncement > > sound file on the LibreOffice website (and phonetic, for the > > literate). > > I am not sure, if there is really a need for an official > pronunciation. This is a free project. Every participant is free to > pronounce it the way she/he likes. For me, there is nothing wrong > with different pronunciation by people with different native tongue. > > IMO, > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/faq/general-faq/how-do-you-pronounce-libreoffice/ > should be changed, in order to express that ther is no wrong or right. > > :-) > > Stefan >
I'm with Stefan here ; pronunciation of the term «LibreOffice» should be left to usage in the countries/regions concerned. I find the one suggested (?) by Google Translate directly distasteful ; why should the great vowel shift which occured in English from the late fifteenth century onwards be imposed on all the countries which use variants of the Roman alphabet ? Freedom to pronounce the term as suits us best ; isn't that an integral part of LIBREOffice ?... Henri -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
