On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 08:47:45PM +0100, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > Then there are the new names and logos themselves. What is an > "Iceape"? How should this beast be pronounced? As I read the name it is a combination of "ice" and "ape". Both can be looked up in a dictionary. So now instead of a "burning" fox (or whatever firefox might mean) one gets a freezing (or is it frozen?) ape. Excerpt from Webster: "Ape \Ape\ ([=a]p), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zool.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family {Simiad[ae]}, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus {Hylobates}, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called {anthropoid apes} or {man apes}. [1913 Webster] Note: The ape of the Old Testament was probably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms. [1913 Webster] 2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 3. A dupe. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]" Personally I'd go with explanation 2. or maybe 3., since the Debian version of Mozilla is kinda like an imitation and IMHO even a good one ;) Regards Marcus
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