What is my name?

[Frans Englich]

On Wednesday 31 May 2006 07:07, Stefan Monov wrote:
[...]
> > Let's look closer on Kolumbus. One thing I started thinking on was this
> >
> > seventies' TV-series called Columbo [...]
>
> I hadn't been born then, and I hear about it for the first time :-) .
> I was thinking about the Spanish sailor Christopher Columbus, who
> "discovered" the continent of America. And since he's a "discoverer",
> he's a "querier"/"investigator"/"finder" (the first association). And
> since his "discovery" changed the face of America a lot, I'd say he's
> also a "changer"/"modifier" (the second association). Umm... I thought
> this was obvious *grin* .

Of course, the Columbus association is the strongest one and what I also had 
in mind. I probably got carried away a bit, I don't think Kolumbu/o works 
that well. I think a good thumb of rule for naming apps is that something is 
wrong if it's not directly clear why the name is what it is. With Kolumbo, 
there is room for asking "Why is it called Kolumbo?"

> > So, I'd say Columbo and Kolumbo are
> > also alternatives.
>
> IMHO, names that end in O feel cheesy. I don't know, they always
> remind me of Rambo, or Sandokan, or Bambo, or Dumbo (the cartoon
> elephant), or some kind of "amigo"... Same goes for names that end
> with U. But that's just me, really just me.
>
> > Wouldn't a K-word work better as a namespace for a KDE library, or am I
> > just rambling? E.g, all KDE classes are K-prefixed. Dunno, Phonon works
> > fine as a namespace, apparently.
>
> That argument goes for all of K-isms - using the same logic:
> -Gwenview would be more obviously for KDE if it were Kwenview
> -Noatun... if it were Knoatun
> -Solid... KSolid
> OTOH, Konfabulator and Konverter should've been for KDE, which they're not.
> I think you should rely on your personal feeling about it. Everybody does.
>
> > Amount of google hits on these terms:
> >
> > Columbus:       10,000,000
> > Kolumbus:       6,000,000
> > Columbu:        327,000
> > Kolumbu:        20,000
> > Patternist:     740
>
> Columbus: 223,000,000 (did you misspell it? that's a lot more.)
> Columbu: 350,000
> Almost all of the Patternist hits are about sci-fi books. So it seems
> vacant for a XML tool.
>
> > Patternist has this exotic(as in stranger), intellectual ring to it. It
> > is also spot on.
>
> Sure, that's what I thought, too.
>
> > I think it is clear Kolumbus is a variant on Columbus. "Aha, it's
> > Columbus but with K-ification." In this sense, Kolumbu is less
> > "K-ification" and therefore becomes more of a personal/unique name,
> > perhaps.
>
> I thought you we talking about Kolumbo, and not Kolumbu. Typo?
>
> > Patternist is obviously a bit synthetic.
>
> Yup, and I like that. I guess I'm weird.
>
> > "Kolumbo" is clearly a name, while
> > Patternist is probably less associated as to be a name, perhaps.
>
> I'd agree with that if there weren't things like "Windows", "Office"
> (skipping the company part), "mailman", "Phonon", "scrollkeeper" all
> around. See, people are starting to get used to names that are not
> names (I think).

Yeah, I was rambling, I'd say. Of course, functional titles are great.

Brad's Pattina is also beautiful. However, I think Patternist more easier 
connects to the pattern word, and I think that's good.

So, Patternist it is? Perhaps one should have a thread on kde-promo too..


Cheers,

		Frans