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  Jeemar 7 years ago

  Thanks everyone! "Pew" sounds really nice as well!

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  Mukt 7 years ago

  I think I am the only active Indian here. I pronounce it as 'pi-jew'.

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  Pietlu 7 years ago

  @jeemar I and all the german Pjuuies I know say it like that laser-gun sound "pew" (and that's the same like @sigg3 puke without k I guess ^^)

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  Sigg3 7 years ago

  @Jeemar With my Norwegian pronunciation, it's like puke (without k) ;)

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  Johnnynull 7 years ago

  That's how @Znara and I say it.

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  Jeemar 7 years ago

  I really like the name. It's pleasing to look at. In my head I say, "puh-joo". How does everyone else say it?

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  Armatus 7 years ago

  i like the current comunity, no trolls, haters and other social thing troubles
  you are awesome!

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  Sigg3 7 years ago

  I should admit that I prefer #pjuu small. Small networks (like many #irc channels) are often more productive in meaningful social relations. When I want something global and impersonal, I can open the other apps/tabs. I realize this is exactly what #statusnet #diaspora and #pump.io do, but it's also how I stumbled upon pjuu :)

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  Joe 7 years ago

  @mukt good point, but I was meaning for the general populus. I don't think having an official pronunciation is the right thing as I how "J" depends on accent all over Europe.

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  Mukt 7 years ago

  Selection bias.
  If the name impeded us, we wouldn't have been here commenting on this post.
  
  Anyway, have you settled on the 'official' pronunciation of the word? I didn't catch that.

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  Sigg3 7 years ago

  Even though I don't mind it itself, I think it does, depending on the target audience. As a grown man, I cannot say to a group of peers that they should join #pjuu. I must present the open source aspect, and mention the name afterwards. (In Norwegian, "pjuu" is kitten-y.) To be fair, it doesn't matter. Your service can be called irc, Twitter, Slack and Facebook. If you reach critical mass, the name is its own brand.
  
  Also, it's almost traditional to choose a terrible name, given its license ;)

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  Johnnynull 7 years ago

  Nope.

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  Pietlu 7 years ago

  No, I don't think so... or I can't imagine how it could do that. I mean, it's an unique name... One word, different pronounications. Symbolizes the users in some way, I guess:
  One place to connect to each other, plenty of different people being connected.

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