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4 Sep 2024 13:16:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: renaming POV-Ray :-)  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 28 Mar 2010 20:57:15
Message: <4baffaeb$1@news.povray.org>
Kenneth wrote:
> "Mr" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>> In French, POV-Ray as a name sounds... how could I call it... really,
>> really cheap! it's actually pretty close to if it was called "POO-Ray"
>> for english speakers.
> 
> Actually, I don't even know how to pronounce POV-Ray in Americanized
> English.
> :-(
> 
> "pov"-ray with a short o?  P*O*V*-ray as separate initials? What's the
> official pronunciation? Whenever I mention the program to friends, I
> ...stumble.

The first time I had to pronounce "Python" (referring to the programming 
language) I really stumbled. I had never needed to say it before, either 
referring to the language or to the snake...


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