Re: [libreoffice-website] pronunciation of Libre

Being a a native French speaker (where libre is an actual word) I would 
say 2 is closest 1 is way off. At least in French Canada.

On 01/28/2011 11:31 AM, G. Jay Kerns wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Congratulations on the successful release of LibreOffice 3.3.  I am
> writing because in browsing the LibreOffice website I came across a
> page here
>
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/faq/general-faq/how-do-you-pronounce-libreoffice/
>
> that said "How do you pronounce LibreOffice?"  I was led to a page
> that had Google Translate, and the link to the pronunciation (in
> English) sounded like this:
>
> "LIE - BREE Office"  (1)
>
> The above is not written with bona-fide IPA notation, but English
> speakers will understand what I mean.  Is this really what the
> developers intend?  I would have thought that (in English) it should
> sound like this:
>
> "LEE - bruh Office"  (2)
>
> or even
>
> "LEE - bray Office"
>
> I wonder if what is happening is that the computers at Google are not
> calculating correctly what the English should sound like, and that
> maybe somebody did not double-check that Google was doing the right
> thing (for English).  I could be wrong, of course.  It is possible
> that the LibreOffice developers did wish it to sound like LIE-BREE in
> English, although for the life of me I can't imagine why.
>
> If I am wrong then please disregard this email;  I guess I'll say it
> like everybody else???  If I am right, but if this is the wrong list
> then please let me know and I will repost elsewhere.
>
> Thanks for your hard work on LibreOffice and congratulations on the
> success of your release.
>
> Best,
> Jay
>
>
>
> __________________________
> G. Jay Kerns, Ph.D.
> Youngstown State University
> http://people.ysu.edu/~gkerns/


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