Greg Ward wrote:

>On 03 October 2002, Alex Polite said:
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>>I had a small site done i Zope. Then I upgraded Zope and the site
>>broke. Rather than fixing it I think I'll move it to Quixote
>>
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>May I commend your excellent taste.  ;-)
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>
>
>>(How is
>>it pronounced? What does it mean?)
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>The name comes from Don Quixote, the silly knight who went around doing
>pointless tasks like tilting at windmills.  When we started the project
>(spring 2000 was it?), we figured that Yet Another Web Application
>Framework was, well, quixotic.
>
>The pronunciation is Spanish -- so I think the x is aspirated, kinda
>like the Scottish "ch" or Dutch "g".  If you can say "loch" or "Gouda"
>correctly, you can probably say "Quixote" correctly.  ;-)  Native
>Spanish speakers, please correct me!
>
>        Greg
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>

The spelling in spanish is "Quijote", but as google shows
"Quixote" is the most common spelling in english.

Yes, the pronunciation is as you say. Well, I think, because
I don't know neither Scottish nor Dutch. If my novice german
is right it would be like its "ch". The closer sound in english
is the "h" like in "hello", but much more stronger.

Nice name by the way :-)


Regards,

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J. David Ibáñez, http://www.j-david.net
Software Engineer / Ingénieur Logiciel / Ingeniero de Software