Finding a new troubleless name for KBreakOut

Alexander Semke alexander.semke at web.de
Sun Jun 2 16:59:50 BST 2024


Am Sonntag, 2. Juni 2024, 16:39:00 MESZ schrieb Marc Deop i Argemí:
> On Sunday 2 June 2024 12:56:55 CEST Alexander Semke wrote:
> > Can we go for something that is less martial and use for example "solver"
> > instead of "buster"?
> 
> May I ask why?
> 
> "Bust" is literally what the game is about: to break bricks.
Sorry, I had the word "blast" in my mind when I was replying. For 'bust" I'm 
not sure about how many people would read this word as a noun and would 
associate it with the first or second meaning mentioned on https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bust. 

I had already some tedious discussion at work were I was asked to avoid the 
usage of such "ambiguous words" in the software because of the way how native 
speakers _might_ perceive them. I'm not a native speaker nor do I want to 
spend a lot of time in such discussions - that's why the proposal to use 
something that is neutral and non-ambiguous. But if "buster" is neutral and 
non-ambiguous for native speakers, it's also ok I think.


-- 
Alexander




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