Naming a multilingual website
May 22, 2004 5:35 PM Subscribe
How would one go about coming up with a name for a multilingual website?
I'm putting together a youth-oriented penpal-type site that will run in English, French, Japanese, German, and Tagalog (at least to start) and I'm at a loss for how to come up with a domain name. Any suggestions for resources or guidelines to get me started? I snagged ParAvion.ws, but I'm not sure I'm thrilled with it and would like to brainstorm awhile longer.
I'm putting together a youth-oriented penpal-type site that will run in English, French, Japanese, German, and Tagalog (at least to start) and I'm at a loss for how to come up with a domain name. Any suggestions for resources or guidelines to get me started? I snagged ParAvion.ws, but I'm not sure I'm thrilled with it and would like to brainstorm awhile longer.
1. Esperanto!
2. Register domain names in each language, and have them resolve to the same host.
posted by stonerose at 9:21 PM on May 22, 2004
2. Register domain names in each language, and have them resolve to the same host.
posted by stonerose at 9:21 PM on May 22, 2004
I think "Par Avion" is a great choice, actually. There are a few terms which are pretty universally encountered, and that's one of them.
If you don't use "Par Avion" and Esperanto doesn't work for you, try pulling from another "planned" language. I think Alfandari's Neo is particularly good.
posted by Mo Nickels at 7:47 AM on May 23, 2004
If you don't use "Par Avion" and Esperanto doesn't work for you, try pulling from another "planned" language. I think Alfandari's Neo is particularly good.
posted by Mo Nickels at 7:47 AM on May 23, 2004
One drawback with Esperanto is that it is commonly recognized as having a bias in derivation - most of the vocabulary and grammatical structure came from European languages. Japanese is barely represented, and I can't imagine any Tagalog connections (but that's less of an issue - your Tagalogers probably also speak English).
On the lines of "Par Avion," "Carte Postale" or "Postcard" are pretty commonly encountered, too, are easy to pronounce, and make the letter-writing a very clear part of the name.
Good luck!
posted by whatzit at 8:06 AM on May 23, 2004
On the lines of "Par Avion," "Carte Postale" or "Postcard" are pretty commonly encountered, too, are easy to pronounce, and make the letter-writing a very clear part of the name.
Good luck!
posted by whatzit at 8:06 AM on May 23, 2004
How about...
GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL.org
I'm pretty sure that's as universally recognized as it gets. :P
posted by Witty at 11:32 AM on May 23, 2004
GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL.org
I'm pretty sure that's as universally recognized as it gets. :P
posted by Witty at 11:32 AM on May 23, 2004
Response by poster: Thanks everybody! Ponies all around.
posted by 4easypayments at 5:36 PM on May 23, 2004
posted by 4easypayments at 5:36 PM on May 23, 2004
Babylon, of course.
posted by elpapacito at 7:40 PM on May 23, 2004
posted by elpapacito at 7:40 PM on May 23, 2004
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Bonus points if the word is suggestive a relevant concept in more than one language. (Again, no idea on how to accomplish that.)
posted by whatnotever at 6:42 PM on May 22, 2004