From: Arie Kusuma Atmaja Date: 2007-01-22T18:06:07+09:00 Subject: Re: OFFTOPIC: How to pronounce Ruby? On 1/20/07, Florian Frank wrote: > dblack@wobblini.net wrote: > >> I wonder why Matz didn't give Ruby name with Kanji letters.... and > >> I've no clue if my friends asked me why Ruby Programmers call > >> themselves Rubyist or Rubycian.... sigh > > > > Matz has said that a Ruby practitioner is a Rubyist. Thanks David. > > I am still waiting for Matz to record this "I am Yukihiro Matsumoto and > I pronounce Ruby as Luby" sentence and put it up somewhere on the internets. > > -- > Florian Frank > > According to http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby Ruby was written in Romaji then Katakana, it's being read: rubii or perhaps (sorry i'm not an english native speaker) in English pronounciation might be: roo bee AFAIK Japanese is so proud of Japan, that's why I wonder why Matz didn't name Ruby in Kanji Letters first, and then provided its translation in Katakana (ルビー) and Romaji (Ruby) -- Arie Kusuma Atmaja A.K.A Arie A.K.A ariekeren | YM! = riyari3 http://ariekusumaatmaja.wordpress.com http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/id-ruby http://groups-beta.google.com/group/id-jp # ayo praktek bahasa jepang! http://groups-beta.google.com/group/id-fr # ayo praktek bahasa prancis!