I don’t even know if I pronounce it right. Is it like libré or is it more like a lobster-tiger hybrid? Or a Lemur-cobra.hybtid?
Also, if they’re watching, the themes still make the UI all funky unless it’s on the default—at least for Calc, anyway.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Sorry I forget sometimes. It’s just that OpenOffice is a way better name. “Libre” doesn’t leap off the tongue in English and is a pretty uncommon word.
saltesc@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Alk@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I’ve always said “lihb ree” office in my head. (lib as in rib)
ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Libre will really only ever be a French word to me so that’s how I always thought it would be pronounced. With an Americanish R sound.
Leeb-roffice librɑɔfəs for you IPA enjoyers
BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Think “Zebra” (NA English) but with an ‘L’.
Lawnman23@lemmy.world 11 months ago
levzzz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ah, not it’s again!
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 11 months ago
At risk of going of topic, is this a Millennial meme?
Like, I really hope younger folks have seen this.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
I say leeb-ray, like it’s a French loanword.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lee-bruh is definitely the way to go since it fluidly connects to the first syllable of “office”. If you do “lib-ray” or “lee-bray”, you’re forcing a ton of unnecessary annunciation on yourself.
dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
bruh
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Agreed, but sounds too much like “Libra Office” ♎️⚖️
JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I always pronounced it lib-ray
BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Sorry, English is not my 1st language, neither is Spanish (or wherever “libre” came from), but “libreoffice” sounds much better to me.