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I don't think the name is that bad. iDeal sounds very dated to me as a native English speaker.
by patrickmcnamara 2mo ago
I don't think the name is that bad. iDeal sounds very dated to me as a native English speaker.
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- vrganj 2mo agoHow would you even pronounce wero as a native English speaker? We - ro? Wer-o? At least iDeal was unambiguous.
- navane 2mo agoI heard the gimmick was euro (you-ro) -- wero (we-ro). Which leaves ayero and dayro.
- anticrymactic 2mo ago> How would you even pronounce wero as a native English speaker? Thankfully, only about 2% of the EU population speaks English natively. [0] https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/ebsm/api/public/deliverable/download?doc=true&deliverableId=92148 https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/ebsm/api/public/deliverable/dow... Page 10
- dgellow 2mo agoI mean, who cares how you pronounce it? Each country will have its own variant, similar to how euro is pronounced differently in different places, and eventually one will become the English status quo
- edwinjm 2mo agoOkay, jello
- moritzwarhier 2mo agoIt sounds like a coupon website installing malware to me. But... names are just names. When adoption gets large enough, every name becomes unimportant I guess. iShares, iDeal, WhatsApp: the Millenial trinity of European essentials :D