Comment on Introducing Our New NameparentComments−xinayder1yThe new name isn't great (too many vowels in the same place, you couldn't spell it if you heard it)That's only a problem for english. Finnish people (and I can say romance language speakers) would disagree.−graemep1yI am an English speaker and disagree too. The spelling is fairly natural to me (probably how I would spell it if I heard it) and, in any case, English spelling is not exactly known for being obvious.−KMnO41yThe new name lacks context that the old one had. Imagine discussing it on a bad telephone connection:“There’s this game similar to Minecraft; it’s called Minetest. You know like, mining and testing”Vs“There’s this game similar to Minecraft; it’s called Luanti — uhhh, l-u-a-n-t-i”The new name isn’t hard, but it’s definitely not as easy.
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That's only a problem for english. Finnish people (and I can say romance language speakers) would disagree.
I am an English speaker and disagree too. The spelling is fairly natural to me (probably how I would spell it if I heard it) and, in any case, English spelling is not exactly known for being obvious.
The new name lacks context that the old one had. Imagine discussing it on a bad telephone connection:
“There’s this game similar to Minecraft; it’s called Minetest. You know like, mining and testing”
Vs
“There’s this game similar to Minecraft; it’s called Luanti — uhhh, l-u-a-n-t-i”
The new name isn’t hard, but it’s definitely not as easy.