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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: the mascot
From:       Steffen Hansen <stefh () mip ! sdu ! dk>
Date:       1999-04-29 21:45:40
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On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, David Faure wrote:

> kierkegaard is awful to pronounce, except for some
> netherlands-language-like countries !
> 
> 
> -- 
> David FAURE

Ahem, Kierkegaard was danish. I have nothing against the Netherlands, but
I dont consider the danish language netherlands-like ;-)

Note for the interested: In danish a double "a" (aa) is an old version of
"å" (html entity &aring;) and is pronounced like the a in english words
like "hall". AFAIK we stole the "å" from Sweden.

And, by the way, Kierkegaard was a christian existentalist, so it wont do
as a culture- and religion-neutral name for the mascot.

greetings,
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Steffen Hansen                              |
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