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Does nobody else find this confusing naming? How do you pronounce that, and does it sound like lua? Will subsequent derived languages be called luaua and luaua
by jrochkind1 5y ago
Does nobody else find this confusing naming? How do you pronounce that, and does it sound like lua?
Will subsequent derived languages be called luaua and luauau?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- incaseofire 5y agoin Lua the emphasys is in the 'u', in Luau its in 'a'
- culi 5y agoThis is helpful but somehow also makes it worse
- mkl 5y agoNot according to their own front page: "Luau (lowercase u, /ˈlu.aʊ/)". It would also be very unlikely, because it would make it different from the usual pronunciation of the word "luau" [1], which it seems to be making a pun with. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luau https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luau
- Rendello 5y agoLoo-ow or /ˈlu.aʊ/. [1] Assuming it's the same as "luau", which is a traditional Hawaiian feast, or –more frequently– a catch-all term for Hawaii-themed parties. [2] 1. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luau#Pronunciation https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luau#Pronunciation 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%AB%CA%BBau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%AB%CA%BBau