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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: The mascot!
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-04-26 18:53:56
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On 26-Apr-99 Steffen Hansen wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Jo Dillon wrote:
> 
>> David Faure (faure@alpha.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de) spake thusly:
>> > >   Konky or Konkie looks slightly less strange to the English eye, I
>> > >   think.
>> > Well, this is not about English eyes only ... :)
>> 
>>   I didn't mean to imply that :) I'm just pointing out that it looks
>> very slightly odd to a large number of potential KDE users. Or maybe it's
>> just me ;)
> 
> Maybe the name Konqy is a bit odd. Kongy with a g sounds better (with a
> hard "g", like in "give"). At least it should be a cute name, and not some
> dragon name like "Doombringer Wyrm" or whatever :-)
> 
> Should it be male of female? I vote for female, but then there should be
> some hint ti it's gender. I think a mascot like Kongy is "by default"
> male, so it should have a feature that makes it female, for example large
> feminine eye-lashes.

If it's female, why not a female name ?

I suggested Katie, but I think Kim would be better as it's not attached to one
gender.

That way we don't have to give the dragon breasts and make it breath fire once
a month ;)

Cheers,
Rik


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