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Re:PyPy 1.5 Released: Catching Up by wnoise on Saturday April 30, 2011 @03:32PM (#2501362)
Why did they decide on a name that can easily be (mis)pronounced as a synonym for urine? That just seems like a poor branding decision, up there with "blur-ray".
Re:PyPy 1.5 Released: Catching Up by timknauf on Saturday April 30, 2011 @04:11PM (#2501451)
I've always pronounced it like "pie pie". (But then again, maybe that's because I already knew the "py" was the first syllable of the word "python"?)
Re:PyPy 1.5 Released: Catching Up by wriq on Saturday April 30, 2011 @03:46PM (#2501403)
Worked out ok for Nintendo on the Wii...
Re:PyPy 1.5 Released: Catching Up by wnoise on Saturday April 30, 2011 @03:50PM (#2501414)
Fair enough.
Re:PyPy 1.5 Released: Catching Up by Symmetry on Sunday May 01, 2011 @09:26AM (#2502998)
I wouldn't say Blu-ray has much to worry about on the "blur-ray" front. Plays on words like that are damaging when they call attention to real or perceived weaknesses in a product, but while I can think of a lot of mean things to accuse Blu-ray of, blurry simply isn't one of them.
Re:PyPy 1.5 Released: Catching Up by njharman on Saturday April 30, 2011 @09:18PM (#2502036)
What language uses "ee' sound for "y"?

And who pronounces blue, blur?

Re:PyPy 1.5 Released: Catching Up by euccastro on Saturday April 30, 2011 @09:36PM (#2502066)
Spanish does.

Not agreeing with grandparent, though. Lots of people admit to playing with their Wiis for hours a day.

Re:PyPy 1.5 Released: Catching Up by wnoise on Sunday May 01, 2011 @01:28AM (#2502439)
It's not pronouncing "blue" as "blur", but extending or duplicating the r.