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Autor: Antonio Rendina
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Para: devuan-dev
Assunto: Re: [devuan-dev] Name Proposal for Devuan VII
I do like Freia, I also like the science names, but I see that we are in
a fantasy/pagan sequence, so maybe Freia fits better.

Antonio

Il 06/01/23 08:24, Rob Pearce ha scritto:
> On 06/01/2023 05:22, onefang wrote:
>> can we please NOT
>> use a name that is hard to figure out how to spell it by ordinary English
>> users?
>
> <grumpy old man> With the state of most English speakers today, that
> rules out everything </grumpy old man>
>
> (Actually it's not an ageist comment. I participate on some forums where
> nearly all the members are past retirement and native English by birth,
> have lived here all their lives, and can't spell for toffee.)
>
>
> I was going to say that I rather favour Freia, for the mythic quality
> that fits well with Beowulf, Chimaera, and Daedalus.
>
> Fibonacci feels out of sequence with them
>
> Fourier threatens to transform things too much
>
> Faraday might feel like a cage, and none of us want that
>
> I'll get me coat...
>