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buurmas 2009-10-14 18:37
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zgold550 (Post 346342)
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 2009-10-14 18:51
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
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.

javispedro 2009-10-14 18:52
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
What? You decided in the summit against the Spanish pronunciation of Maemo? :eek:

Dealbreaker! I'm not buying the N900 now. :D

Milnoc 2009-12-26 21:20
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
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! :D

Mavashi 2010-02-05 15:41
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jesuscliment (Post 287259)
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 2010-02-05 15:48
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
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 2010-02-05 15:54
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by torpedo48 (Post 512019)
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 2010-02-05 15:56
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by torpedo48 (Post 512019)
And that is definitely the correct one :)
Yes, except the word isn't Latin and made-up words can't really have "correct" pronunciation. :)

UNderworld 2010-02-07 02:05
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
"MEE" "MO" .... thats how I spell it....

Venomrush 2010-02-07 02:07
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
I pronouce it as 'mee-mo'

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

nokix 2010-02-08 04:51
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
can i drop the "e" and call it mam-mow?

inidrog 2010-02-11 12:24
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Hhehehe (lol) at this thread.

I suggest every contender of this thread records how they pronounce Maemo or even Mćmo and link the files up here :)

inidrog 2010-02-11 12:39
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jesuscliment (Post 287259)
Hi all.

This might come a bit too late, but i can tell you how to pronunce "maemo". I came up with the name, so...

The origin is as stated: pwgen (a password generator utility which you can set to give you all character passwords) gave me an option, "maimo". I used 5 characters names for my machines, so i also restricted it to that. But I did not like the "i" so I changed it for an "e".

Maemo was the name of my desktop, and little by little it gathered importance in the project, as i made it the canonical repository for everybody involved. And became THE server. And the project. And the SDK. And the OS.

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.

@ jesuscliment

I really hope you can make a sound recording of you pronouncing Maemo, for the history books ...

stayloa 2010-02-11 12:49
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
I'm also Mee Moh...

SubCore 2010-02-11 12:54
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Venomrush (Post 513868)
the 'mae' in 'maemo' should sound smiliar to 'tea' which is 'eee'
says who?
i find that awful...
the english pronounciation of "caesar" is equally horrible. but i guess i'm spoiled, because in german "ä" is derived from latin "ae"...

i'm going with the latin diphthong, suits best IMO.

blue_led 2010-02-11 16:45
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
maemo = latinization of short ( memorandum ) > memo
" A memorandum or memo is a document or other communication that aids the memory by recording events or observations on a topic, such as may be used in a business office. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorandum

Latinization of Finland is finnish's new national sport. http://www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii/
and if I don't "drank the ink" at latin school class I could understand all, but for me, latin is definitely better than finnish language :)

All make sense. So go latin. It is the best choice .
as wikipedia say : "Romanian is a Romance language, belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family, having much in common with languages such as French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. "
for me is naturaly me-mo like { me-mo } ry

ezcola 2010-02-11 17:50
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Yes, here is the closest pronounceation of "Maemo" that represents the "original" spanish/finnish way of saying the word.

Good link... just the one word pronounced.

Ofcourse there is no one right way of saying it, but this is as close that I can see Jesus (all mighty) ment it in the first place.

Quote:
Originally Posted by access (Post 346308)
Here's the Finnish-swedish way of pronouncing Maemo. :)

christexaport 2010-02-11 18:12
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
There is only one real pronunciation, and it is "MY-moe". And its not Latin, just a made up marketing choice. Give it a rest, put down the Hooked on Phonics discs, and move on.

SubCore 2010-02-11 18:17
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
in every (european) language where "ae" exists, it's derived from latin (even the non-romanic ones).
i know it's not supposed to be a latin word, but the pronounciation in all of those languages is similar to latin.

"my-moe" is okay, "mee-moe" is not.

romanianusa 2010-02-11 18:18
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
They pronounce it "MY MOE" and i thought that's WRONG. It should be "MAY-MOE." AE is "A"....I thought they're Europeans..that's why they pronounce it wrong.

Den in USA 2010-02-11 18:21
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by romanianusa (Post 521588)
They pronounce it "MY MOE" and i thought that's WRONG. It should be "MAY-MOE." AE is "A"....I thought they're Europeans..that's why they pronounce it wrong.
I have always pronounced it "May-moe" because I studied Latin for four years.

christexaport 2010-02-11 19:07
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
I did too, but officially, its MYmo.

RevdKathy 2010-02-11 19:24
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
I studied latin, greek, hebrew... I still pronounce it My Mo (short for My Maurice, I think though it could be My Maureen)

That seem to be the nearest to the diphthong intended, and give him a name as well.

javispedro 2010-02-11 21:44
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jesuscliment (Post 287259)
This might come a bit too late, but i can tell you how to pronunce "maemo". I came up with the name, so...
...
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.
Word Of God. And I'm not going to listen to anyone telling me otherwise! ;)

zehjotkah 2010-02-11 21:51
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by javispedro (Post 521970)
Word Of God. And I'm not going to listen to anyone telling me otherwise! ;)
You forgot to mention, that he is the one, that invented the name "maemo"

jsa 2010-02-11 21:52
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by christexaport (Post 521698)
I did too, but officially, its MYmo.
Actually, that way you are pronouncing Maimo, not Maemo. Access already linked a clip in this thread in which he pronounced it the Finnish way. Spanish is very similar but the stress is in the middle of the word, not in the beginning.

This discussion is kind of funny though. One might think it would be easy to describe in words how something is supposed to sound but it's not. :)

If you pronounce it May-moe, you'd be right if the OS's name was Meimou, Mee-mo would be ok if the OS was Miimo and so on..

javispedro 2010-02-11 21:57
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
More fun: http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to...tive-demo.html .

I personally say it much like "Spanish - Maria" does, which is halfway between the Finnish and the male Spanish voice...(damn inaccurate TTS systems).

zehjotkah 2010-02-11 22:17
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by javispedro (Post 521986)
More fun: http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to...tive-demo.html .

I personally say it much like "Spanish - Maria" does, which is halfway between the Finnish and the male Spanish voice...(damn inaccurate TTS systems).
italian voices are okay, too...

fatalsaint 2010-02-11 22:28
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
I've always said "May-moe" myself.

After reading half this thread.. I still don't know if it's:

May-moe
Mah-moe
Mey-mah
My-moe

Or what... lol. For hells sake.. I'll just call it "M5". Unless you bastards got a problem with "emm" being the pronunciation of "M" :p.

mastac 2010-02-11 22:31
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by fatalsaint (Post 522027)
I've always said "May-moe" myself.

After reading half this thread.. I still don't know if it's:

May-moe
Mah-moe
Mey-mah
My-moe

Or what... lol. For hells sake.. I'll just call it "M5". Unless you bastards got a problem with "emm" being the pronunciation of "M" :p.
I agree... and who really cares?

qole 2010-02-11 23:25
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by javispedro (Post 521986)
More fun: http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to...tive-demo.html .

I personally say it much like "Spanish - Maria" does, which is halfway between the Finnish and the male Spanish voice...(damn inaccurate TTS systems).
That Maria voice says it like I've heard the Maemo people do.

The closest spelling for the correct pronunciation (using the Maria voice as my guide) for my dialect (Canadian English) is "my-ai-mo" all smoothly run together. The "ai" is pronounced how we would say the letter "A" (or the trademark Canadian "eh?").

EDIT: I think "may-moe" is a acceptable approximation, and really, it doesn't matter much how you pronounce it.

noobmonkey 2010-02-11 23:27
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qole (Post 522113)
That Maria voice says it like I've heard the Maemo people do.

The closest spelling for the correct pronunciation (using the Maria voice as my guide) for my dialect (Canadian English) is "my-ai-mo" all smoothly run together. The "ai" is pronounced how we would say the letter "A" (or the trademark Canadian "eh?").
lol just seeing it spely like that makes me think of a geordie saying "Whyyyyyy ayeeeee" - My-ai :) - now i'm never gonna stop saying maemo in a geordie accent! aGHHHHHHHHH!

SubCore 2010-02-11 23:38
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qole (Post 522113)
The closest spelling for the correct pronunciation (using the Maria voice as my guide) for my dialect (Canadian English) is "my-ai-mo" all smoothly run together.
that's a great english transcription!
end of thread :D

Joseph.skb 2011-01-05 14:32
How do you pronounce Maemo
 
What's the right pronouncement for Maemo?

And what does it mean?

Just curious :rolleyes:

MINKIN2 2011-01-05 14:37
Re: How do you pronounce Maemo
 
My-Mo

And I have no idea, lol (I guess it could be a finnish play on words with My-Mobile?)

theonelaw 2011-01-05 14:37
Re: How do you pronounce Maemo
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joseph.skb (Post 912214)
What's the right pronouncement for Maemo?

And what does it mean?

Just curious :rolleyes:
Abandoned by Nokia

gabby131 2011-01-05 14:40
Re: How do you pronounce Maemo
 
M-ey-mow?

i-dont-really-know

in the dictionary, mostly "ae" is pronounced like "eigh" as in "neighbor"

I would like to know the exact pronunciation as well.

Not good in my English class since day 1 i started school.

Radicalz38 2011-01-05 14:41
Re: How do you pronounce Maemo
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MINKIN2 (Post 912220)
My-Mo

And I have no idea, lol (I guess it could be a finnish play on words with My-Mobile?)
hey I don't think it's that slang :p

I think that's two persons... Mae And Moe :D

MINKIN2 2011-01-05 14:46
Re: How do you pronounce Maemo
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Radicalz38 (Post 912223)
hey I don't think it's that slang :p

I think that's two persons... Mae And Moe :D
TBH, I would have agreed and originally thought it was pronounced "Mey-mo", but I have seen too many Youtube vids from user and those in the industry call it "Mymo" :)

hawaii 2011-01-05 14:47
Re: How do you pronounce Maemo
 
It's officially pronounced My-Mo by Nokians.


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