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FWIW, I spent a while trying to figure out how to pronounce "beathound" ("beath - ound"? "bea - thound"?). I eventually figured it's supposed to be "beat" + "h

by ken 14y ago

FWIW, I spent a while trying to figure out how to pronounce "beathound" ("beath - ound"? "bea - thound"?). I eventually figured it's supposed to be "beat" + "hound" (right?). As annoying as it can sometimes be, maybe this would be a good time to use camelcase ("BeatHound"), or perhaps just style the text to use a different color for the two words.

girasquid 14y ago
You know, I had a tester point out to me that this could be a problem - this is what I get for thinking he was nuts. Thanks for pointing this out.
- ken 14y ago
  I won't claim I'm not nuts, but on the internet, you probably have to assume that a decent number of potential users are nuts, and design accordingly. :-)
  - j45 14y ago
    Many simple obstacles that can be cleared up easily is worth doing :)
hnriot 14y ago
I would think that this is very much an outlier response, I can't imagine anyone that's in anyway familiar with the English language having any trouble working out how this is supposed to be pronounced, except ke n here [sic]
mnicole 14y ago
Had the same problem.