From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sirgazil Subject: Re: Guix pronunciation Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 12:51:29 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37283) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h32qJ-0005f6-Ha for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:06:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h32bz-0000LE-3z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:51:49 -0400 Received: from sender-pp-091.zoho.com ([135.84.80.236]:25082) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h32bx-0000I6-D4 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:51:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi, mikadoZero, El 10/03/19 a las 11:13 a. m., mikadoZero escribi=C3=B3: > Doing this duckduckgo site search: `geeks > site:https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/` gives me only one match. Which > is footnote 1 of section 1 Introduction of the manual. I do not know of > anywhere else where the pronunciation of Guix is explicitly stated. >=20 > I would like to know what other think about making the pronunciation of > Guix obvious to anyone who visits the website. The reasoning for this is > because the pronunciation of Guix as "geeks" is not intuitive. I > think a lot of people will assume it is pronounced some other way. For > example "gwixs" or "gooixs". I was not sure how to say Guix before > watching a talk on Guix. It is also easy for people to miss that single > footnote in the manual on how to pronounce Guix. When there are more introductory videos about Guix in the home page, I=20 think the pronunciation will be easier to discover. If it is not enough with the videos, I think one could do as Wikipedia=20 does: adding a speaker icon which plays an audio file with the=20 pronunciation of a word being defined. [...] > I also wanted to know what people think about the "geeks" pronunciation > and how it may impact adoption of Guix as it continues to grow long term.= Maybe > someday becoming as popular as Debian, macOS or Windows are today > (wishful thinking). For example what if Linux kernel had actually been > called Freax. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux#Naming > Would it have negatively impacted adoption of the kernel. >=20 > Yes Freax and "geeks" are fun. > On the other hand branding is important. >=20 > Just to make my bias clear. I am not a fan of pronouncing Guix "geeks" > and find myself thinking of deliberately mispronouncing Guix as "gwixs" > or spelling out the letters G U I X when talking to people about Guix. >=20 > I am curious what others think about these two related points. I don't see much problem with the relation to the term "geek". At least=20 in my experience, I don't remember disapproving or derogative uses of it. Also where I live, in South America, in the Aburr=C3=A1 Valley, The term=20 "geek" is used in its English form by some people to describe themselves=20 as people who are very interested in technology and its specifics. --=20 Luis Felipe L=C3=B3pez Acevedo http://sirgazil.bitbucket.io/