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> In French, "pov" can sound like "pauvre" (stands for "poor").
> However, it sufficiently differs from "pauvre" that nobody
> really makes a connection when they first hear the name.
> But nevertheless, it allows for some puns in the French speaking
> POV newsgroup.  :-)

We call ourselves "POV-gars", which could sound like "poor guys" :-)

I always pronounced 'POV', and dislike 'Pee Ow Vee'.

> The official case "POV-Ray" is a bit longer to type.
> But "povray" is used as an executable name, not "pov-ray".

Typographically, "POV-Ray" looks very good, IMO.

> Or would you prefer Microsoft Ray, yet another program in
> the Microsoft Office offer.  :-)

Brrrrr..

Fabien.

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