Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.mixmin.net!feed.xsnews.nl!border-2.ams.xsnews.nl!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!82.197.223.103.MISMATCH!feeder3.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!217.73.144.44.MISMATCH!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.bt.com!news.bt.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:48:29 -0600 Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:48:27 +0000 From: lipska the kat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120410 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: java software naming question References: <396e3ff0-2a44-4d8b-917c-3b9205a567a6@googlegroups.com> <7237c56b-6800-4b71-8fc9-1724baed6425@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <7237c56b-6800-4b71-8fc9-1724baed6425@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Lines: 33 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser X-Trace: sv3-MJXits0TsOfo4jpwbXFpOZoqFa52VxGbAkx6IMtJlcs9Mrb/5L7hiBkNLrlwkiP/w9PfmuFFe3KIJDz!aQkzrRSUdGZnEBzjmDOM0Ir4Soo8AxuJNjLjiHJRJMS7esrKZftjywVO6OGmDsZUjcFlR1KB+ak= X-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2484 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:21164 On 07/01/13 19:11, Lew wrote: > On Monday, January 7, 2013 1:11:44 AM UTC-8, mche...@gmail.com wrote: >> My name is Peter, Asisn, In internet, western people love to name their software with a "s" ending, >> suchs as : windows, google docs. >> What is the reason? Is it easier to pronounce with a "s" sound? > > "Windows" and "Google Docs" are trademarked names, so that's why we pronounce the "s". > > If the product names were "Window" and "Google Doc" we wouldn't. > > If my name were "James", you'd pronounce the "s" at the end. My name is "Lew", so you don't. > >> If my software doesn't end with a "s", will western people think it is hard to say that word? > > Which peoples do you include as "Western"? > > I have no problem pronouncing words that do not end in "s", and I'm from the United States. > For example, I find "Lew" very easy to pronounce. Hey Bloch you putz ! I wondered how long it would be before you slithered out from under your rock. That was quite a tame put down compared to your usual vitriolic spew. You mellowing in your old age ? lipska -- Lipska the KatŠ: Troll hunter, sandbox destroyer and farscape dreamer of Aeryn Sun