/me thinks 'Dialogo' is a good find for a quick find, but it doesn't sound good at all, in particular for English/American speakers. (not to mention Auss-ish) :P
Please do state your preferences, the quicker we settle it the better.
A few of the latest proposals:
Hey I think Ant hit the jackpot this time.
I really like it. With or without the meaning (it's damn fun), it's a good name to me.
Github ref:
https://github.com/Spuds/Dialogo/issues/9
All thoughts welcome!
/me approves of this initiative 8)
ETA: I mean Ankus, not Embuggerance (although that also has its own appeal).
Certainly a good question! I'll be looking at word lists all day now.
Been there, done that.
fossbb.com and flossbb.com are available?
As in "Free and open-source software (F/OSS, FOSS) or free/libre/open-source software (FLOSS)"
Floss is quite a nice name too?
Noez, not nice as a name... it sounds cheesy to me, dunno why. But I'm not against some name with roots in these terms... just this is too much, perhaps we can tone it down, i.e. only use 'open' or 'free' or something...?
TBH dunno about Ankus either. It's a new day, and I have new thoughts; gotta keep them fresh after all. :P But I could live with it. With no meaning assigned, that works too. (what's a 'google' again?)
Re: meaning.
As food for thought for you, I'd add that indeed Trekkie hit something there, a meaning with roots in 'open' as it should be... and, on the other hand, I still think that a relation to 'community' is appropriate too. In the sense of community building, but not only as a software that extends the bounds of a forum, but also in the sense of a true community project.
/me has no inspiration, and no beer.
Incidentally OpenCommunityForum (OCF) is available but it's a bit lame.
I liked the whole Joomla name thing, and Ankus isn't too bad. Phoenix was good when the SMF-Friends site popped up.
Umm, not really. Sounds totally insubstantial.
I like the concept behind the name flossbb etc but it does not seem to work as a project name ....
Ankus is not to bad as a name, but for most its just a name with no tie in to what it is. But to the points neither does google or joomla, but they had uniqueness, in search, I suppose.
Dialogo is not bad either, just not memorable and a bit plain.
We could jazz it up with ... Zombie Apocalypse ... or .... SMTA "Sick Minds Think Alike" ... OK maybe not :P
Or have some fun with Cornish names, you can always use those since they are fun
Keskomunya ... Cornish for communicate
Digabester .. Cornish for Liberty
Or
OpenForo going along the free/open line ....
Still looking for inspiration !
Those are just dumb languages. :P
Just a note: in Italian
conato (and so it would be "conatus") is mainly associated with
conato di vomito. Not really attractive...I wouldn't use something with such a name... :P
In that case I would prefer Ankh. (and no, it has nothing to do with the hieroglyphic ;D)
/me is too predictable. :P
Love it! It can be considered too long to remember... ? :-\ But it's so cool, and, IMO, easy to pronounce (or to map in one's head)! 'munya' reminds me of 'world' (monde, mundo), and it all sounds to me as 'world of communication'.
kuwasiliana (http://translate.google.com/#en/sw/communicate )
jamii (http://translate.google.com/#en/sw/community )
jukwaa (http://translate.google.com/#en/sw/forum )
wazi jamii (http://translate.google.com/#en/sw/open%20community )
Likes. Oh, there's also a game - I'd have to try it if you choose this name. :-[ :D
I totally love that one. I think it's a winner.
I don't think it's too long to remember. Four syllables is fine (how long is simple machines?) and the spelling is phonetic, so it'll be easy to get near enough on a search. It has a good feel to it. Sounds cool. Nobody else is using it. Bloody brilliant. Let's do it.
It's a bit long for memorability, no?
No, not at all, unless you have Alzheimer's. It's already stuck in my memory. It's catchy.
Try this: Simple Machines Forum.
Which is longer?
Simple Machines is memorable as fairly simple English words, also forum is a descriptive word.
Keskomunya is completely forgettable imo.
Jamii is not bad?
Jamii is worse IMO, because the double i doesn't scan well in English. It's not a natural thing to have in English, so the immediate effect is confusion. I'd feel much better about Keskomunya.
That works for me because it's a cool word, and the meaning is easy to find, and as soon as the meaning is found it sticks and sticks well.
Sort of "Keskomunya? WTF does that mean?"
"Ohhhh, it's the Cornish verb for communicate. Cool. I'll remember that. :D"
The option here is to try to write it as you would pronounce it... I guess that would be jammy... (ummm...) Or jam2. Or jamtoo. Or jamto.
To me, it sounds like 'kesko-mundo', which makes no sense as it is, but knowing 'communicate' it rounds up immediately as 'world of communication'. Strange, huh?
Remember that now the closing bracket is auto-linked, so you have to add a space after the link! :P
Probably it would be too difficult to spell correctly...at least for me it is if I don't have it in front of me.
/me 's brain size is below the average.
http://translate.google.com/#fi/en/kesko or http://translate.google.com/#fi/en/keskonen
and:
http://www.kesko.fi/
jamtoo ? :D
mawasiliano http://translate.google.com/#auto/sw/communication
dalleth http://www.wordaz.com/dalleth.html (I like the word :D) - 'beginning'
rydh - free in Cornish
rydh dalleth, rydalleth, redaleth, red aleth (lol), redalet, rydalet
nya kuanza http://translate.google.com/#auto/sw/new%20start
nyak (lol) nyakuanza neakuanza (boo).
uusi alku http://translate.google.com/#auto/fi/new%20beginning
usialkoo usyalko usialko alkusi alkusy alkose alkusee alkuse
yeni eveline (?) http://translate.google.com/#auto/az/new%20beginning
majadiliano, mjadala http://translate.google.com/#auto/sw/discussion
meadala myadal meadal
I give up for the day. Looks like I'm doing more bad than good, huh? Ema - just to note, kesko is a different field of endeavour, it doesn't really count (afaik).
Have to add this.
(English > Indonesian)
words > kata-kata :D
(> Filipino; > Maltese; > Irish)
salita; focail; kliem
It's getting worse. Had it right to start with. :P
refika.
Means probably nothing (anymore). It started off as 'friendly' (rafiki in Swahili), and pronounced like... [re-fi-kai]
http://translate.google.com/#en/sw/friend%20talk
This is just like SMF. Somebody comes up with a cool idea. Everybody else starts pulling it to pieces and over-thinking it.
A few more for you.
Swahili:
Jengo (building, construction). Simple it is. Jengo.
Jamii (community)
Jumuiya (community)
English to Hausa:
Dadain (simple communication > da dai in > dadain)
... not sure how to mess it up (simply communication > kawai dai in)
... (free community > Da jama'a)
Indonesian:
kata-kata (words). Yep we had it before, it's just too funny.
kata-kata. :D
/me also hands a coffee to Ant. :)
(
refikacoffee (http://refikacoffee.com/slow-coffee/) ftw)
Agora - I think means something like an open place, or open market.
Verenda - I think means cool or awesome - .org is available for this name.
For the record I didn't really like Keskomunya that much either. Too many syllables and takes to long to look at to figure out how you want to say it upon first impression.
Agora is a marketplace. Not really suitable IMO. That would be better for a shopping cart app.
Verenda is a derivative of verendus, which means awesome. I'd rather use verendus, because it's not so much like verandah.
Mind you, if we call it awesome before we even have a release, some people will think we're a bunch of wankers.
Then again, they probably think that anyway. :D
We needs a secret meeting to decide what to do with Ant, but don't tell him :P
Agora -- The literal meaning of the word is "gathering place" so thats really not that bad, kind of nice really.
Jengo -- (building, construction) I also like ... sounds good to me, even if it did not mean a darn thing, but we can use it for community building etc
Zwana -- zulu for hear one another; understand one another communicate with each other be friendly ... thats right lets all push out a big virtual hug right now :)
Ahka -- zulu for build, short and easy to say, although I'm not sure I like the way it sounds, sounds like your choking on food or something.
and of course Keskomunya, ... could be a bit to type in, not that I ever type more than a couple characters and get the pull down or click a link these days ... could just say Kesko for short I guess
Alright, done abusing BabelFish and Google for the night !
Would want to check the meaning of Kesko. It might be Cornish for "molestor of virgin goats".
The original meaning of 'agora' is open meeting place, the Greek open places which hosted discussions, philosophy, democratic gatherings. The habits of 'agora' have been very well known and have made their way in other cultures.
Without checking, I suspect it's too easily way taken.
Yup. It's been done to death
Agora - taken
Jengo - taken
Zwana - org
Ahka - net, org
Keskomunya - net, org, com
Verenda - net, org
katakata - taken as is kata
Dadain - net, org, com
Jamii - taken
Refika - org
Ankus - taken
taken ones we would need to add in trailing bb or foro etc ...
jengocommunity.org (not taken). Meaning: building, construction.
refika.org
katakata... dunno another option.
I think these are my favorites.
ROFLMAO. And you reckon keskomunya is a confusing jumble. :P
Social Machines Forum
Maybe
teract? from Interact, org, net
Noez...
What's wrong with katakata? :D Yep, it's for fun, but that's a good thing, not a bad thing :D
what would the website be katakatacommunityforumsoftware.org :P
From the urban dictionary
jengo
1. An amalgamation of two or more venereal/sexually transmitted diseases.
adding on community makes that even worse ;D
What if we abandon meanings and go for a color or something?
katakatasoft.org
katakatanet.org
katakata.info
katakataus.org
katakatanet.net
katakata.us
OK... :o
Other combos:
Jengonino, Jengoneno -> build words, words building (roughly)
Manino -> "maneno" = words in Swahili, pronounced is rather 'manino'; manino.org manino.net available
refika! It doesn't mean anyhing. :D I just like how it sounds, and the refikacoffee project is yummy
Honestly, if you're even suggesting those, you should give up now.
First one was a joke :p but you're right, I'm quiet.
From the first page of search results > Wiki.
Katakata sounds like a kid's name for poo.
I know. I proposed a different pronounciation, result:
manino. Probably too close though... But that application is abandoned, afaics, anyway, I get we wouldn't exactly step on toes with a close (not identical) term. Dunno.
Nah. Don't mind Ant, coffee withdrawal. :P Sometimes he just doesn't get the value of free word association games. Not everything will "strike" to everyone at a glance, but someone else might get an idea from yours.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indaba
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marimba - hey why not? "Important meanings" seem to result in meh.
Marimba. marimba.org
Manino is still too close IMO. Indaba is pretty good, although it's more business than just social communication. Short and sweet though, and has a good feel to it.
Hey "elkarte" is Basque for community. That's nice and short. Everyone will mispronounce it but that doesn't matter (except it will piss the Basques off and give the something to lecture us about). elkarte.com is taken but anything else is available.
ETA: Bugger. GoDaddy search sux. .org is taken too.
You can get the pronunciation here: http://aholab.ehu.es/tts/
http://www1.euskadi.net/morris/resultado.asp
Basque is cool. It's the only non-Indo-European language in the area, and is not related to any other existing languages. They think it has been around since way back when.
Love it! It has the musicality of Italian or Spanish to me. :)
elkarte.net is available.
I think though, that 'elkarte' is also a bit more 'professional' or 'business' than social communication:
http://www.omegawiki.org/Expression:elkarte
http://glosbe.com/eu/en/elkarte
Rofl. Hey how about this:
mucamhixu, LU2-m.
2: instigator of armed rebellion
:D
(yes being silly)
My nightly additions:
Juntar -- Portuguese for join or gather (net and org)
Junya -- Cornish for join (org)
Knowa This is taken but made me laught a bit, it Cornish for "gather nuts"
Then I was trying variations of nest as in building, etc and came across Kioto and Kiota but those were taken so I
tried
Kiote as a play on words (coyote) and it was available (net and org). In American Indian lore, coyotes are Intelligent, Clever, and Creative / A fire-bringer and Teacher / Helpful and Cooperative / Flexible and Adaptable
Elkarte is not bad at all ... not sure it rolls of the tongue but I could get used to it I guess.
Good database of names for ya (without a wanted "zuper-relevant meaning"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_instruments
Fun names, exotic names, good sounding.
Antechinus teh Awesomesauce says (12:38 PM)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melong
that word
Melong
is also an Australian Aboriginal word for a water deity that is the giver of law and order
"The figure of Melong, the spirit of darkness, appears in five story-maps and is composed entirely of curved lines in association with specific magic symbols. Placed centrally in the ‘Mooging’ story-map, the Melong's function in this story is enlightenment"
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-79/t1-g-t7.html
I had that book when I was a kid
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-79/latrobe-79-073a.jpg
the funny looking *** in the middle is Melong
Norv says (12:43 PM)
He's cool
Antechinus teh Awesomesauce says (12:44 PM)
YEah I always liked him
hangs around waterholes
which suits me too
Norv says (12:45 PM)
He doesn't disturb yer fish?
Antechinus teh Awesomesauce says (12:45 PM)
nope
that's bunyips
A few of, for you to mess around with:
Kulintang. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulintang)
Babendil. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babendil)
Everforge. :D
At this point I'm really liking dialogo :P (yes yes I know its not available :P)
Bleh. :P
Of all the suggestions so far, "Melong" sounds actually quite good, and doesn't remind you of anything else.(except Mekong maybe, but not so much either). I would vote for Melong. :D
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kalon
n. - the kind of beauty that is more than skin deep
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ehara!
(interjection): great! good one! exactly! - an idiom praising someone, or showing admiration or agreement.
barcamp
n.— «There’s also something called a “barcamp” or “unconference” in which participants gather in an open, unstructured environment to hash out new ideas. Then they share them with others via web channels such as blogging, photo-sharing and “wiki-ing” or editing a shared item.»
mongo n. material or goods salvaged from items intended for disposal. Also as verb.
Carrier Pigeon O:-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp
http://www.mongodb.org/
In honor of longer words
Clishmaclaver
[klish-muh-kley-ver]
gossip; idle or foolish talk. ;D
Why are the avatars and usernames all borked?
Could be an old cache file, I moved some of the inline stuff to the css cuz I was board and I'm going to mess with some other stuff cuz I'm still board :P
I'm so sorry I lost the avatars moment of glory... Admit it, you did it specially for Ant! 8)
Meaning
Fred (https://github.com/Spuds/Dialogo/commit/7cc6a93900a1015b47ff3c5cf8aa7003fdd5a8c7), right? :D
Granted if I can do something dodgy in CSS or better hide some stuff in the sources to annoy him ... well it goes to the top of my list :P
I am going to make a bouncing parrots hidden BBC tag. I can hide things in Sources too. :P
I let a few days pass on this... let them idle in the back of the mind... with the dark intention to see which sticks.
Result... There's one that comes back to mind immediately: elkarte.
It feels right. I think it might be slightly unusual for English-American speakers because of its sound (hey it's Basque). Slightly unusual is something that sticks to mind, though...
Coming together, grouping, association, community, circle of friends. It's rarely used, and apart the use for professional associations there's another on a "gourmets club" lol on the interwebz... But very very rare overall, IMHO we can let it mean what fits for us freely...
It's not the only one, there are a few others which I remember without reading the topic... keskomunya (!)... melong... I think kusema doesn't count (for me) cuz the experiment of idle thoughts failed on that one (had it open in a tab)... agora of course but well.
Well we settled on Elkarte so the site moved to the domain while we could get it
www.elkarte.net will bring up the site ... don't use the old dialogo site any longer ... I can't get it to redirect correctly for some reason so the handful of us will have to deal with it for a day :P
And....it's back!
I leave for a few days and come back to see that elkarte is the new name... I hate it. Its not catchy, it isn't easy to pronounce. Hell it even makes me think its a Spanich word for "the cart". Not a good choice at all IMO. Oh well...
At least it's better than refika. :P
And for a meager $10 (not mine this time) it can be renamed again and again and again :P But talk about a poop and go ... yah hate it but don't offer up alternatives that we can complain about, where is the sport it that :D
Or Jaeltra, or Drupal.
Way I figure it, whatever name we chose it'll sound silly in some language. If it means "Really cool community stuff" in one language it'll probably mean "Defiler of virgin goats" in another, and "My grandmother's blueberry muffins" in a third. Ya can't win. :D
Besides which, if the software is good enough nobody will care if the name sounds bonkers, and if the software isn't good enough it wont matter how cool the name is.
Sorry you didn't like it, BinMan. But here's a bit dedicated to you, for the sake of the multi-language interpretations:
Not knows what it is? An Elk. It's more cool than Spuds' dogs.
Wile E Kiote thinks he is cooler 8)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk
Well just so you all know, this is how I'm pronouncing this out loud if anyone ever asks....
El Karteeeeeee