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Re:How did you guys name your startup? by Tichy on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @03:15AM (#29145)
I recently tried PickyDomains.com, which was a suggestion from news.ycombinator. My task was an "umbrella page" - I am tired of this domain name problem, so I figured I need something like google or yahoo - when they create a new service, they just create a subdomain (maps.google.com, answers.yahoo.com, whatever.google.com...).

What PickyDomains came up with is Artifia.com (since I mentioned artificial intelligence, I guess). So here is my question to news.yc: what do you think about that name? I am not a native speaker, so it is hard for me to judge (sounds good in German, not even sure how it would be pronounced in english). I think the name could grow on me.

Re:How did you guys name your startup? by ralph on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @07:43AM (#29489)
It's not bad, as a native English speaker. Is it arty-fee-a or ar-tiff-ia?
Re:How did you guys name your startup? by Tichy on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @12:50PM (#29581)
Thanks - in german I would think artyfeea, but in english I think it would be pronounced artiffia?
Re:How did you guys name your startup? by ralph on Thursday June 21, 2007 @05:25AM (#29785)
Yes, as a native English speaker I'd assume arTIFFia as the pronounciation.