Quetzalcoatl

You might have some cultural problems if you use this literally (like you could do if you used anything Maori) though it has a really cool style. (I love those block style eagles that look good as a tattoo.)    --- On Thu, 4/6/09, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:

From: Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Design-team] F12 names and themeability To: design-team@lists.fedoraproject.org Received: Thursday, 4 June, 2009, 12:42 AM

On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 09:29:22AM +0200, Joost Elfering wrote:

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Nicu Buculei nicu_fedora@nicubunu.ro wrote:

On 06/02/2009 08:06 PM, Joost Elfering wrote:      > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote:      >      >     Quetzalcoatl      >      > -1: hard to pronounce, remember and write about.

But we were asked here only about themeability, the large community will      hold a vote and determine which one is a good name.      I also have no idea how to pronounce Quetzalcoatl, but I think it may      give an opportunity for some cool graphics.

true,

but i can still give my opinion about it ;-). I have been in some naming processes before and I think this does not meet the requirements for a good name. should we invest time in names that should never make the final selection.

The amount of time required here is very low, so I would say it's well spent. :-)  Remember that we're just discussing themeability, not actually asking people to design things yet.  Once the community decides on a name, we'll be able to proceed with the step that actually takes considerable time. ;-)

As for pronunciation, I think that "Bordeaux" and arguably "Tettnang" fall into the same category as "Quetzalcoatl."  (I remember first encountering this name as a young boy and I thought it was really cool then, so I'm happy to see it on this list.)