Re: Not snazzy (was: New Unicode Savvy Logo)

From: Andrew C. West (andrewcwest@alumni.princeton.edu)
Date: Wed May 28 2003 - 04:42:08 EDT

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    On Wed, 28 May 2003 00:20:38 +0200, "Philippe Verdy" wrote:

    > I would have much prefered expressions like "smart with Unicode", or "The world
    > speaks Unicode", or simply "this site speaks Unicode", or "Unicode feeds this
    > site", or the small Unicode logo with the text "Best viewed by everyone", or
    > "Unicode speaks your language"...

    I agree with Philippe on this one. A sensible, and easily understandable, motto
    like "The world speaks Unicode" would be much better. The word "savvy" just
    sends a shiver of embarrasment down my spine. Not only is "savvy" not a word
    that is probably high in the vocabulary list of non-English speakers, but I
    don't think many native English speakers would ever use it by choice (maybe it's
    just me, but I really loathe the word).

    And for what its worth, the logos are definitely NOT snazzy (hmm, don't like
    "snazzy" either, though I can't think of a better alternative).

    Andrew



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