Just like the way nobody could/can spell Fatih's name correctly.
I too would pronounce Pyra as Pie-rah.
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I too would pronounce Pyra as Pie-rah.
English is a language where spelling does not imply pronunciation (unlike many other languages). For a name that is not an established word, there is not really a "correct" pronunciation: there are many possible ways to pronounce "Linux", "GNU", "Pyra", and "Miriad". Just use whatever pronunciation you like most 
FaeMinx
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I personally like the sound of Sun God Pastry.
If you want to get good results in search engines, you have to enforce the company's name anyway in front of it and then, it does not really matter what word you use as the device's name
and it could be a way cooler one than silly ones like Miriad oder Pyra.
http://boards.openpandora.org/topic/15058-poll-name-of-the-successor-reboot/page-9#entry295531
You even get good results, if you do not use " "
Try it, you will find posts on this forum on the first page.
and it could be a way cooler one than silly ones like Miriad oder Pyra.
http://boards.openpandora.org/topic/15058-poll-name-of-the-successor-reboot/page-9#entry295531
You even get good results, if you do not use " "
Try it, you will find posts on this forum on the first page.
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Me too, I like it better than either. I name lots of things after foods though.I personally like the sound of Sun God Pastry.
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I do as well, but I waffled back to Miriad. At first I didn't like the spelling change but it kind of grew on me. Like some sort of fungus, perhaps.
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Kinda cool to see the vote counts exactly matching the percentages.
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Disclaimer, the english dont pronounce pyramid like the rest of the english-speaking world.
In Norway we have a system where there is a difference between I and Y, and if someone steps out of line, we club them, with sticks.
In Norway we have a system where there is a difference between I and Y, and if someone steps out of line, we club them, with sticks.
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Neelix
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English is a language where spelling does not imply pronunciation (unlike many other languages). For a name that is not an established word, there is not really a "correct" pronunciation: there are many possible ways to pronounce "Linux", "GNU", "Pyra", and "Miriad". Just use whatever pronunciation you like most
That's true to an extent... When reading though, certain conventions tend to assumed unless the reader knows that the word doesn't follow them.
Of course it is, but actually loading the page at the right time and getting to see it is still fairly unusual.
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We don't pronounce it like the Aussies either. Pure what?
Sure, but do you follow the "pyramid" convention or the "pyromania" convention? I would assume "pyramid" because that shares a larger prefix, but it's probably not that simple.English is a language where spelling does not imply pronunciation (unlike many other languages). For a name that is not an established word, there is not really a "correct" pronunciation: there are many possible ways to pronounce "Linux", "GNU", "Pyra", and "Miriad". Just use whatever pronunciation you like most
That's true to an extent... When reading though, certain conventions tend to assumed unless the reader knows that the word doesn't follow them.
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Whichever one seems more natural at the time. That doesn't always mean the one with the most letters in common.
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What do you think we're voting on..
Edit: if you are implying it should just be called pyra not Dragonbox Pyra then I don't agree. .
Edit2: First of all Dragonbox is already ED's established shop name it just makes sense making that the company name. Second of all in the first poll Dragonbox was highly favored..
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"Pyra" has 986,000 results, "Myriad" has 312,000. You have a strange definition of "ten"
Google gives me 200k for "Miriad" and 2m for "Pyra", weird that the numbers you get are so different.
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Well I get 37,800,000 for Pandora so not sure the relevance of google hits."
"Pyra" has 986,000 results, "Myriad" has 312,000. You have a strange definition of "ten"
Google gives me 200k for "Miriad" and 2m for "Pyra", weird that the numbers you get are so different.
I remember that ED said that he don't like Dragonbox because of the "box" and that's why the P2 will be called as the second name: Pyra.
Dragonbox will not be used usually.
The reason I think we should take Pyra as main name is because when the successor of Pyra will come we will have to chose another name... and I'm not sure that we will find a name as good as Pyra. And it will make a mess in people mind.
I think Pyra is really a name with uniqueness and meaning which will represent the console as it should. DragonBox leads to an uncertain path.
Dragonbox will not be used usually.
The reason I think we should take Pyra as main name is because when the successor of Pyra will come we will have to chose another name... and I'm not sure that we will find a name as good as Pyra. And it will make a mess in people mind.
I think Pyra is really a name with uniqueness and meaning which will represent the console as it should. DragonBox leads to an uncertain path.
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