Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-04-21 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 03/30/2011 03:05 AM, Bernhard Dippold wrote: Hi all, Italo Vignoli wrote: I am not a native English speaker, but I think that liberty - which has the same root of libre - is not pronounced as laiberty. I have heard many native English speakers pronounce libre, and they all pronounce it the

[tdf-discuss] Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-30 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Hi all, Italo Vignoli wrote: I am not a native English speaker, but I think that liberty - which has the same root of libre - is not pronounced as laiberty. I have heard many native English speakers pronounce libre, and they all pronounce it the same way. On 3/30/11 8:37 AM, M Henri

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-30 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 3/30/11 12:05 PM, Bernhard Dippold wrote: Even if library is pronounced differently, I'd like to hear libre to be pronounced like Libra, the zodiac balance sign. Unlike to liberty, the i is a long vowel. Library derives from liber (latin for book), while liberty derives from libertas

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-29 Thread M Henri Day
2011/3/29 Prabath Galagamage gprab...@gmail.com I think Friedrich Strohmaier's comments is correct. In the native languages can not write the name of LibreOffice by English letters. It is one of reason for lack of development of native languages. One or more official pronunciation

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-29 Thread Michel Gagnon
I saw users having problem pronouncing the software name LibreOffice in Thailand. ... I wrote this last week, but I think it was lost somewhere and never made it to the list: I'm French speaking, and would refer you to these: http://fr.thefreedictionary.com/libre

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-28 Thread Jon Hamkins
In the U.S., it is also unclear how to pronounce LibreOffice. Those of us showing up to man the booth at SCaLE came with slightly different assumptions on pronunciation. Do we need an official position from TDF, perhaps a localized one, or is it OK for everyone to say it how they want?

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-27 Thread Stefan Weigel
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

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-27 Thread M Henri Day
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.

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-27 Thread Samphan Raruenrom
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 2:29 PM, M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-27 Thread Michel Gagnon
I saw users having problem pronouncing the software name LibreOffice in Thailand. I found this pagehttp://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/faq/general-faq/how-do-you-pronounce-libreoffice/that link to Google translate to provide the (official?)

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-27 Thread Prabath Galagamage
In the Sri Lanka and Sinhala language we have problem with correct pronunciation. There is no correct pronunciation, we can not write name of LIbreOffice by Sinhala language. Please insert correct pronunciation audio to TDF web site. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Michel Gagnon

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-27 Thread sophie
Hi Prabath, On 27/03/2011 19:17, Prabath Galagamage wrote: In the Sri Lanka and Sinhala language we have problem with correct pronunciation. There is no correct pronunciation, we can not write name of LIbreOffice by Sinhala language. Please insert correct pronunciation audio to TDF web site.

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-27 Thread Prabath Galagamage
Thanks Sophie On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 8:21 AM, sophie gautier.sop...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Prabath, On 27/03/2011 19:17, Prabath Galagamage wrote: In the Sri Lanka and Sinhala language we have problem with correct pronunciation. There is no correct pronunciation, we can not write name of

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-27 Thread M Henri Day
2011/3/27 sophie gautier.sop...@gmail.com Hi Prabath, On 27/03/2011 19:17, Prabath Galagamage wrote: In the Sri Lanka and Sinhala language we have problem with correct pronunciation. There is no correct pronunciation, we can not write name of LIbreOffice by Sinhala language. Please insert

Re: [tdf-discuss] How to pronounce the name (again, sorry)

2011-03-27 Thread Friedrich Strohmaier
Hi Stefan, Samphan, *, Stefan Weigel schrieb: 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-prono unce-libreoffice/ that link to Google translate to provide the (official?) pronouncement. I don´t think,