[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From: Grant Edwards >> >> Anyway, I apologize for my attempt at humor, since it appears >> to have somehow offended. > > Why apologize? If someone doesn't like the name given to a piece of > software by its author(s), screw them. If I find the software useful, > I'll use it. Even if its called 'bouncingBetty'. Actually, I might > try it, just because of the name, but you get my point.
I agree entirely (being the person who started this). There is a difference between using a word though that has existing connotations for a lot of people, and one that doesn't. In the case of "nucular", it's a mispronunciation that has been widely ridiculed all over the world. There are people (including myself) who so associate it as an object of ridicule that it's an immediate turn-off. If you want to keep using the name, so be it - no skin off my nose. But I couldn't mention NUCULAR here at work (Australia) for oh so many reasons ... Tim Delaney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list