Re: Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project

[Axel Kittenberger <axkibe@...>]

Dimiter> Don't worry about it. There would be always someone complaining...

He isn't complaining. He doesn't actually care, its just a friendly
tip that a bad chosen name get be a stopper. Don't be so fast to diss
other claiming their just complaining.

Philippe> I think it is hard to come with a name that hasn't a negative sense in
Philippe> one language or the other... :-)

Yes, but although majority-thinking isn't cool either, with english
you got a quite a big speech-community affected.


Peter> Famously the Toyota "MR2" sports car just-about translates
phonetically to "shit" in French.

Or there is the Chevrolet Nova that surprisingly didn't sell well in
the spanish speaking countries - literally meaning no-va: Doesn't
go/work.