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The first name and the second name were both terrible. Yes, the creator could have held firm on "clawd" and forced Anthropic to go through all the legal hoops b
by 3rodents 8mo ago
The first name and the second name were both terrible. Yes, the creator could have held firm on "clawd" and forced Anthropic to go through all the legal hoops but to what end? A trademark exists to protect from confusion and "clawd" is about as confusing as possible, as if confusing by design. Imagine telling someone about a great new AI project called "clawd" and trying to explain that it's not the Claude they are familiar with and the word is made up and it is spelled "claw-d".
OpenClaw is a better name by far, Anthropic did the creator a huge favor by forcing him to abandon "clawd".
- calgoo 8mo agoInteresting, I dont read claude the same way as clawd, but I'm based in Spain so I tend to read it as French or Spanish. I tend to read it as `claud-e` with an emphasis on the e at the end. I would read clawd as `claw-d` with a emphasis in the D, but yes i guess American English would pronounce them the same way. Edit: Just realized i have been reading and calling it after Jean-Claude Van Damme all this time. Happy friday!
- marton78 8mo agoWhat do you mean an emphasis on the 'e'? As in claudé? The name Claude is pronounced with a silent 'e' in French, there is no 'e' to emphasize.
- esafak 8mo agoNow you're telling me I've been pronouncing it wrong in every possible case?!
- browningstreet 8mo agoGreg Eisenberg will pronounce it both ways in the same video: clawd and cload. As an American I very much use clawd for Claude.