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Re: Club Name discussion
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lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf
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Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:04:02 GMT
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet^nomorespam^.com>
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Russell Clark wrote:
> > > The naming choice "BayLUG" was made because a few of the people who
> > > were originally brainstorming the club idea were interested in being
> > > affiliated with LUGNET, so we were looking for a ___LUG name. (This
> > > is along the lines of a new train group using ___LTC for a name. :-)
> [...]
> While I agree that "users" seems technical, and that Bay Area LEGO Club fits
> us better, I have to swing towards BALUG.ORG or SFBALUG.ORG. I agree
> completely with Todd on the trademark issue. I want to be on LEGO's good
> side, not against their laywers.
One thing maybe worth considering is how the name is likely to be
pronounced...
BayLUG or BAYLUG would most certainly be pronounced BAY-lug by anyone who
sees it. They probably wouldn't know what it stood for, but they wouldn't
mispronounce it.
BALUG isn't so clear -- is it pronounced BAL-uhg (like "ballad" or Balok)
or BAY-lug or BAYL-ug?
SFBALUG -- is that pronounced ESS-EFF-BEE-AY-lug or ESS-EFF-BAL-uhg or
ESS-EFF-BAY-lug?
PNLTC is unpronounceable no matter how you look at it, so that's OK; no one
is going to bastardize (mispronounce) the name. But when you have a name
with a vowel surrounded by consonants, someone will always try to make it
into a word and say it aloud. If they're lucky, they get it right. :)
Mid-word capitalization tricks may also help, but probably only in weird
cases. For example, BOSLUG (for Boston) might accidentally be pronounced
BOW-SLUG, but BosLUG would probably be pronounce correctly.
--Todd
p.s. I wonder what a Puget Sound Area LEGO Users Group would choose for
an acronym -- PSLUG or PSALUG or PUGLUG? :-)
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