Nope. The same philosophy of imperfect design can be held to imperfect naming as well. When will this unexpectedly-intelligent behaviour that belies its name ev

Nope. The same philosophy of imperfect design can be held to imperfect naming as well. When will this unexpectedly-intelligent behaviour that belies its name ever bite a user in the ass? Hardly ever? Then it's fine to have a slightly dishonest name if it means a more straightforward API. To be clear it's still a tradeoff. But I think JodaTime did the right call by settling for the simpler name in this situation.