Re: [Consortium] LAD

Marek Peteraj wrote: >>when the new LAD site is up, i will suggest LAUD as the new >>general-purpose acronym for the community around the lists. however, >>for practical reasons, i would like to retain LA[DAU] as shorthand >>for the individual lists. those who don't like the accidental >>connotation can spell it out :) >>i'm with andrea in that changing the name is not going to change the >>attitude. >> >> > >"Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)" >Lad Lad, n. OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W. llawd, Ir. > lath. root123. Cf. Lass. > 1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. ``Cupid is a knavish lad.'' > --Shak. > > There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves > and two small fishes. --John vi. 9. > > 2. A companion; a comrade; a mate. > > Lad's love. (Bot.) See Boy's love, under Boy. > >"Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)" >Lad Lad, obs. > p. p. of Lead, to guide. --Chaucer. > >"WordNet (r) 2.0" >lad > n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at > the door"; "he's a likable cuss" syn: chap, fellow, > feller, gent, fella, blighter, cuss > 2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) syn: cub, > laddie, sonny, sonny boy > >I'm not sure LAUD is the right abbrev. since LAU stands for users, LAD for developers. >The interpretation could be misleading. > >Linux AUDio >Linux Audio Users Developers > >+ > >LAD has been here since 7 years or so, i don't think it's worth changing it. >People got used to it.

and me. Marek, did you actually read my story of my experiences of being snubbed when i had a female name on LAD?