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How is the name supposed to be pronounced? It looks like the two English words hunt and lie which doesn't sound very nice.

heyarviind2 2y ago
it is pronounced as hunt-lee https://www.names-hub.com/name/huntlie https://www.names-hub.com/name/huntlie
- trollied 2y ago
  It really isn't though. Any native English speaker is going to see Hunt Lie.
  - cabinguy 2y ago
    Confirmed. I immediately read “hunt lie.”
    - emmanueloga_ 2y ago
      In the context of discovering brand-new companies, it does come across as somewhat ironic. Maybe consider the "Kodak recipe" for an alternative? [1]: "Keep it short, easy to pronounce, and avoid similarities to existing names or associations." (short is harder in 2024 though!) I'm on the fence on whether the name should have meaning. There are plenty of successful companies on either side. -- 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak#Name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak#Name
      - willsmith72 2y ago
        Imo better to start with a generic name in the early days at least. Best case your generic name becomes a brand name, ie airbnb.
  - stared 2y ago
    I am not a native speaker, but the very first thing I saw was "Hunt Lie". It conveyed the message "Product Hunt, but for scam". "Huntly", maybe?
- hackernewds 2y ago
  why not spell it Huntly? like most annoying apps do
- joenot443 2y ago
  What you've linked is a site for human names, not product names. English has funny cases where readers will implicitly pronounce personal names differently than they might products or brands.
codazoda 2y ago
I also read it as “hunt lie” instead of “hunt lee” FWIW.
- makk 2y ago
  Reminds me of expertsexchange.com before they put the hyphen in it (now experts-exchange.com)
OJFord 2y ago
Fwiw it parsed to me as 'Hun tile', certainly no better. If it's meant to be hunt-lee per sibling comment then 'huntly' (with the domain hunt.ly) is by far the established (still-annoying) way to do that.
Brajeshwar 2y ago
I think he meant Huntly, but unfortunately, we Indians have our own idiosyncratic way with English. The founder/builder is Indian (I'm Indian, and I know).
- OJFord 2y ago
  Lie for lee though? That would make me read it like लिए / लिये

heyarviind2 2y ago

it is pronounced as hunt-lee https://www.names-hub.com/name/huntlie https://www.names-hub.com/name/huntlie

trollied 2y ago
It really isn't though. Any native English speaker is going to see Hunt Lie.
- cabinguy 2y ago
  Confirmed. I immediately read “hunt lie.”
  - emmanueloga_ 2y ago
    In the context of discovering brand-new companies, it does come across as somewhat ironic. Maybe consider the "Kodak recipe" for an alternative? [1]: "Keep it short, easy to pronounce, and avoid similarities to existing names or associations." (short is harder in 2024 though!) I'm on the fence on whether the name should have meaning. There are plenty of successful companies on either side. -- 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak#Name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak#Name
    - willsmith72 2y ago
      Imo better to start with a generic name in the early days at least. Best case your generic name becomes a brand name, ie airbnb.
- stared 2y ago
  I am not a native speaker, but the very first thing I saw was "Hunt Lie". It conveyed the message "Product Hunt, but for scam". "Huntly", maybe?
hackernewds 2y ago
why not spell it Huntly? like most annoying apps do
joenot443 2y ago
What you've linked is a site for human names, not product names. English has funny cases where readers will implicitly pronounce personal names differently than they might products or brands.

codazoda 2y ago

I also read it as “hunt lie” instead of “hunt lee” FWIW.

makk 2y ago
Reminds me of expertsexchange.com before they put the hyphen in it (now experts-exchange.com)

OJFord 2y ago

Fwiw it parsed to me as 'Hun tile', certainly no better. If it's meant to be hunt-lee per sibling comment then 'huntly' (with the domain hunt.ly) is by far the established (still-annoying) way to do that.

Brajeshwar 2y ago

I think he meant Huntly, but unfortunately, we Indians have our own idiosyncratic way with English. The founder/builder is Indian (I'm Indian, and I know).

OJFord 2y ago
Lie for lee though? That would make me read it like लिए / लिये