Maybe we're just overthinking this? I think FoxYeah is a good catchphrase and hashtag too. We've been using the Fox element in the brand for the longest time that I think for a lot of people, the Mozilla brand will stand out.
For a lot of Non-English speaking locales, this becomes a non-issue altogether, in my opinion. On Thursday, June 11, 2015, Majken Connor <maj...@gmail.com> wrote: > I also have children. Many many many children learn the F-bomb at home. As > they learn gosh or darn or check, or hell or learn to take the Lord's name > in vain, at home. Did you not know that gosh means God and darn means damn? > Geez is also short for Jesus. It's pretty much exactly the same, unless > your argument is that Fuck is the only bad word left and so any allusions > to it - fudge, shut the front door! - are also unacceptable. I did send > that email to the list, not just you, so everyone knows what I said. > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 4:59 AM, David Rajchenbach-Teller < > dtel...@mozilla.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > As a Mozillian daddy, I find this entirely innocuous – at worst, worth a > > chuckle. > > > > If my child says "Fox Yeah" at school, I will be annoyed, but that's > > because he has been influenced by an ad. And if he says "Fuck Yeah", > > I'll teach him the difference, end of the story. > > > > I am sure that there are other parents who do not agree with me, but > > frankly, there are more interesting things to get angry about in the > > world than an ad using something that sounds like a swearword but isn't. > > > > Best regards, > > David > > > > On 11/06/15 02:08, f1...@pobox.com <javascript:;> wrote: > > > Nobody is offended by the word "fox". If Mozilla is okay with > "FoxYeah" > > > which is alluding to "FuckYeah", and "Fox yeah you do!" is alluding to > > > "Fuck yeah you do!" OH NO! Now it seems a little more offensive, > doesn't > > > it. Some must need to see it in order to get it, so there it is in all > > > its glory. > > > > > > I had a Mozilla volunteer email me and say "Fox yeah" is nothing more > > > than "gosh" or "darn". I couldn't disagree more. Mainly because > > > someone may say "darn" in a one on one conversation. Mozilla has chose > > > to plaster it on the Start Page for millions to see. > > > > > > I would like those Mozilla people who don't have children to think > about > > > a little child seeing that when they get on their computer, and they go > > > to school and say it to someone, maybe even a teacher. All of a sudden > > > it's not an innocent word like "gosh" or "darn". No, it's much worse, > > > because adults know what is being said by it. > > > > > > Mozilla doesn't want to offend anyone. Fox yeah they do. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > governance mailing list > > > governance@lists.mozilla.org <javascript:;> > > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > > > > > > -- > > David Rajchenbach-Teller, PhD > > Performance Team, Mozilla > > _______________________________________________ > > governance mailing list > > governance@lists.mozilla.org <javascript:;> > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance@lists.mozilla.org <javascript:;> > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- *Regnard Raquedan, MBA, MSc.* http://weboplex.com @regnard <https://twitter.com/regnard> _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
