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buurmas | # 81 | 2009-10-14, 18:37 | Report

Originally Posted by zgold550 View Post

I was a "May Moh"-er until the summit. The consensus at the summit was pretty clear though for My-Moh. I kinda like it now that I am used to it, its like "My Mobile".

Is Nokia marketing reading this thread?

They should be!

qole | # 82 | 2009-10-14, 18:51 | Report

I'm Canadian, so I say "My Eh? Moe".

Well, I try to say it that way. I keep saying May Moe, then correcting myself.

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javispedro | # 83 | 2009-10-14, 18:52 | Report

What? You decided in the summit against the Spanish pronunciation of Maemo?

Dealbreaker! I'm not buying the N900 now.

Milnoc | # 84 | 2009-12-26, 21:20 | Report

I prefer to pronounce it In French, more specifically French Canadian.

"Mémo"

Similar to may-mo, but without the "a" part.

Since it's all open source anyway, I can pronounce it any way I want!

Mavashi | # 85 | 2010-02-05, 15:41 | Report

Originally Posted by jesuscliment View Post

So now that the origin is clear, and me being Spanish and Finnish being pronounced almost exactly as Spanish...

"mah-Eh-mo"

mah as the beginning of my
eh as the "e" in "pet"
mo as in Monica, but only pronouncing the M and the O.

Hope you like it.

I'm Ukrainian and we have the same pronunciation as you described.
In addition we have Ukrainian word maemo, which translates as we have ...

torpedo48 | # 86 | 2010-02-05, 15:48 | Report

Those who have studied latin at school know that "ae" has to be read "e", so:

Maemo --> Mémo

The fact that in Maemo's symbols the "a" and the "e" are always linked together leads me to that reading.

And that is definitely the correct one

tpinhao | # 87 | 2010-02-05, 15:54 | Report

Originally Posted by torpedo48 View Post

Those who have studied latin at school know that "ae" has to be read "e", so:

Maemo --> Mémo

The fact that in Maemo's symbols the "a" and the "e" are always linked together leads me to that reading.

And that is definitely the correct one

Portuguese here ... we read :

Ma-é-mo

GeneralAntilles | # 88 | 2010-02-05, 15:56 | Report

Originally Posted by torpedo48 View Post

And that is definitely the correct one

Yes, except the word isn't Latin and made-up words can't really have "correct" pronunciation.

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UNderworld | # 89 | 2010-02-07, 02:05 | Report

"MEE" "MO" .... thats how I spell it....

Venomrush | # 90 | 2010-02-07, 02:07 | Report

I pronouce it as 'mee-mo'

the 'mae' in 'maemo' should sound smiliar to 'tea' which is 'eee'