Hi Bono, As a proficient non-native German speaker, and as a woman who has lived in German for 17 years:
German's don't get offended about this topic, only amused. And the pronunciation is not identical. The German word Markus is referring to is pronounced with a short "i" (sort of like the wick of a candle). In any case, if you're very attached to the name, I wouldn't change it for this reason. Just be aware you're going to get some chuckles from Germans occasionally. Greets, Myrle *Myrle Krantz* Solutions Architect RɅĐɅЯ, The Mifos Initiative mkra...@mifos.org | Skype: mkrantz.mifos.org | http://mifos.org <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Bono Lv <lvs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks @Bertrand @Markus @Richard @Luke and @Edward > > > This is the most awkward time in the project life cycle. We feel dizzy > because "Lost in Translation" ;-) > > > The source of the project name is about the common pain of our team members > in earlier days. So short the development iteration period , we don't have > enough time always. One day one of our initial team member Jin-Jiang Zhao > recited a sentence unintentionally "the boss give us few weeks, so we give > him Weex" . All of us like the name (non of us familiar with German at that > time , pitiful ), so we named the project Weex. > > > After that, this name have accompanied us for two years. For lots of team > members, the project name is the highest number of daily repetitions > English word in a long time. > > > Change project's name is not a easy decision for us as Longda's previous > reply mentioned. But as prepared Apache way learner and humble > international community member, we know the value of respect other culture. > We don't want native German speaker feel embarrassed or offend when they > start learning the project or working depend on the project. > > > So, We are keeping open minded on the name issue after multi times > difficult discussion this day. At the same time we need to do some > evaluation about the burden size and risk of rename. > > > We need a few days for the evaluation, but welcome everybody give us > suggestion or reply your opinion, Thanks & Vielen Dank. > > > @Markus In your reply ,your have written > > > “Given that Weex is pronounced with a long 'i', it could lead to some fun > situations.” > > > Can you tell us more about the situation ? Is it the same thing like short > ‘I’ pronunciation sounded NSFW ? > > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz < > bdelacre...@apache.org > > wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Feng Longda <hustjac...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > ...Changing project's name is not a easy decision... > > > > If you think you'll change, the earlier the better. > > > > -Bertrand > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > >
