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Re:The Rapier Physics Engine by JabavuAdams on Thursday August 27, 2020 @08:12PM (#24300126)
None of these are good examples. It's not the spelling. It's the pronunciation to native English speakers. "Rapey".

There's no point getting on a high horse about people being adults, etc. Marketing and advertising empirically work, and not because people are stupid. A lot of time and money is spent thinking up good names and trying to avoid names with embarassing connotations.

If a bunch of native English speakers are telling you that the name sounds bad to native English speakers, then it's worth at least considering rather than dismissing.

EDIT> Reminds me of Rational Rose .petal files.

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Re:The Rapier Physics Engine by chriswitts on Friday August 28, 2020 @03:31AM (#24302301)
As a native English speaker I can attest that we sure as shit don't pronounce it "Rapey".
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Re:The Rapier Physics Engine by JabavuAdams on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @05:58PM (#24347611)
Consider the argument: "Tastier" doesn't bring to mind any associations with "Tasty" because we don't pronounce "Tastier" as "Tasty". Bad argument, right?

Also, why am I wasting time responding? But it is fascinating the extents to which people seem to almost purposefully misunderstand each other online. I sometimes like to explore the space I guess.

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