Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAAGA/JACK/LAIC
From: CLOTILDE (guy.clotilde_AT_wanadoo.fr)
Date: Tue Oct 02 2001 - 11:46:33 EEST
My two cents:
in french 'LAIC' is quite opposed to 'religious' (example: 'a laic school').
Well I prefer 'JACK' . Better for musicians.
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 16:08:42 -0700
"STEFFL, ERIK *Internet* (SBCSI)" <esteffl_AT_pbi.net> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Gerard Matthews Jr. [mailto:dgm4+@pitt.edu]
> >
> > Marek Peteraj wrote:
> >
> > > > 3) Most people would have no idea how to say "LAIC"
> > > Laic - of or relating to the laity - all those who are not
> > members of a
> > > profession or specialized field. I think it should be a
> > symbolic word
> > > for how LAAGA/JACK works (see above). It should not be a problem
> > > for those who speak english...But one can still visit
> > www.webster.com,
> > > they have audio-pronunciations online :)
> > Actually, those who speak English would have the most trouble figuring
> > out how to pronounce "LAIC", because "ai" doesn't have a standardized
> > pronunciation. Is it pronounced like "lake"? Or is it
> > "like"? Or "lae
> > -ik"? Etc....
>
> you can argue against quite a few english words using this argument
> (break-breakfast, blood-boot, great-freak etc...)
>
> laic IS english word so you cannot excuse yourself out of knowing how to
> pronounce it.
>
> erik
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