I'm used to (on the east coast US) hearing lambda pronounced "LAM-duh." "Duh" is an expression of something being stupid, so I don't know about Haskell having a mascot called "Duh the Lamb"!
amindfv / Tom On Nov 16, 2011 4:06 PM, "heathmatlock" <heathmatl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Jerzy Karczmarczuk < > jerzy.karczmarc...@unicaen.fr> wrote: > >> Do you mind some ... how to say ... offside comments? >> >> 1. The Curry Da mascot looks like a penguin disguised as a lamb. I have >> nothing against penguins ! >> > > Hi Jerry, thanks for your input. The reason to have the the lamb standing > up is just so he can be dressed, and it does have similarities to a penguin > with its round belly, I suppose. > >> >> 2. Da, da, konech'no, mais, Signori und Demoiselles, do you realize that >> "lamb" is an English word, and we should think about our multilingual >> society. with our agneaux and other Karakuls. You will have problems with >> the translation of the mascot into German, and some may find some analogies >> with another image: >> http://www.chrisrusak.com/**images/11-013_small.jpg<http://www.chrisrusak.com/images/11-013_small.jpg> >> called "Ein liebliches Lämmlein zu Tod" (after Des Knaben Wunderhorn, in >> the last part of Mahler 4th Symphony). >> >> 3. On the other hand, from the cultural point of view, this is a very >> good idea, and quite international, everybody knows Lamb Curry (Rogan Josh): >> http://www.route79.com/food/**rogan-josh.htm<http://www.route79.com/food/rogan-josh.htm> >> >> > Some might picture a symphony or what looks like newspaper origami when > they hear Da, and some might picture food when they hear Curry. I like Da > because its simple and "Da the lamb" rolls smoothly off the tongue. > Probably best to open a poll to and let everyone decide. > > > -- > Heath Matlock > +1 256 274 4225 > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > >
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