'Impossible' might be a good name... seeing as how impossible it is becoming to find a word beginning with I in the region.
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:04 PM, John Wong <gokoproj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good point. A long time ago we used to call Beijing as Peking, but > the journalists now will always pick up the pinyin version: Beijing. Since > we are after I, we are pretty much down to either Ichang or Ili. Should > either one be chosen, I think that we should document the pinyin version as > well. The difference of Y and I is due to historical difference, which we > are all familiar with. For example, there are more Wong than Wang, Chan > than Chen in HK. > > John > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Yi Yang <yyos1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> AS the official translation of the citiy names are Yichang and Yili, we >> are facing a risk to pick up a Chinese city name that most Chinese won't >> recognize. >> >> If we really have to choose a city, IMO, Yichang (ichang) would be a >> better choice, as the Yili(ili) is more than 2300 miles away from Hong >> Kong, while Yichang (ichang) is (only) 600 miles away. >> >> Just my $.02 >> >> Yi >> >> >> >> On 5/6/13 5:00 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote: >> >>> Jacob Godin wrote: >>> >>>> +1 Ili >>>> >>> Thanks for all the suggestions ! We probably have enough place names so >>> that we don't need to extend the naming rules to things that are not >>> place names. >>> >>> So far, the only suggestion that fits in our strict naming rules is >>> "Ili" (a city or county in the country/state where the design summit is >>> held, single word of 10 characters or less). To have more than one >>> option, we'll probably extend the rules to include other places (like >>> street names) in Hong Kong itself. >>> >>> We'll go through name checks and set up a vote soon, I'll keep you >>> posted. >>> >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~**openstack<https://launchpad.net/~openstack> >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~**openstack<https://launchpad.net/~openstack> >> More help : >> https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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