When "Your Radio Playhouse" changed its name to "This American Life", Ira
spoke a lot about naming things. His guest, Joe Franklin, said that ending
a name with a long vowel sound was a good idea. This would support libe
over lib. The piece is here:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/17/name-change-no-theme?act=0#play



On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 5:09 AM, Adam Constabaris <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> Well, no, but I have inserted several 'e's into words on signs in the
> building in which I work, or on days where I'm feeling particularly
> disturbed by the lack of regularity in my daily language, turned the
> odd 'i' into a 'y' and other 'y's into 'e's.
>
> Sometimes it's like shooting ghoti in a barrel.
>
> Perhaps, whatever one's views on the matter might be,  we can all take
> comfort in not being Blefuscudian.
>
> cheers,
>
> AC
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:38 AM, Boheemen, Peter van
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I guess you all have installed your 'libe applications' in your 'bine
> directory'?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Thomas Bennett
> > Sent: woensdag 13 februari 2013 17:18
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lib or Libe
> >
> > After voting I am surprised at the results, its a library as in libe,
> not a leebrary as in lib, ryght or is that reeght or rit ?.
> >
> > Thomas or is it Thoomas
> >
> > you say tomato I say tomato
> > pecan or pecan
> > In these two examples maybe pronounce it as you wish or weesh or woosh,
> what ever.....
> >
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> > On Feb 13, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Fleming, Declan wrote:
> >
> >> Hi - at the conference, there has been much foment about how to
> pronounce the end of "code4lib".
> >>
> >> Please go to:
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lseCc2gwQUXL6oC8aLB7N8YMRnjsl90SfPHAmX5EA_w/viewform
> >>
> >> and vote.
> >>
> >> D
>