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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by evacchi on Friday September 02, 2016 @06:25AM (#12412058)
so, neither?

Edit to reflect parent: I do think that's probably easier to pronounce for English-speaking people than both French and Spanish

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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by ekianjo on Friday September 02, 2016 @07:27AM (#12412263)
? Libre is a french word in the first place. How is that hard to pronounce ?
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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by evacchi on Friday September 02, 2016 @07:47AM (#12412333)
IMO it's unintuitive how to pronounce it to most non-French-speaking people.
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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by aoloe on Friday September 02, 2016 @09:17AM (#12412775)
IMO only because you think that there must be one single way to pronounce it.

Who cares if somebody says laibr, laiber, leeber, ... Get over it and write a song like the one with the tomatoes...

Or are you one of the braves that are pushing Nike to change their name, because nobody can figure out that it should pronounced [nǐːkɛː]?

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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by babayega2 on Friday September 02, 2016 @07:11AM (#12412196)
But libre mean "free" in French whereas there is no such word in English. Why would it not be more easier for us French speaking peoples?
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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by zgramana on Friday September 02, 2016 @01:36PM (#12414713)
FWIW, I think the closest English analog would be 'liberated', a synonym of 'free', though not that this a substantial improvement.
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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by evacchi on Friday September 02, 2016 @07:48AM (#12412339)
That's not what I meant. What I meant is that it is harder to guess how to pronounce it to people that do not know French!
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