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by bad_user 3938 days ago
Right, but I'm from Romania, our version is Liber (the original from Latin) and I can pronounce libre just fine. We also understand the word. And then we have to learn and use brands such as Microsoft Office, or Powerpoint, or Excel, even though these aren't Romanian words. Oh, the horror.
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Good for you, but it seems like most people don't like the sound of LibreOffice when compared to OpenOffice since the complaint about its name is never far behind any mention of the product.
I suspect that's only because you speak to English speakers. That's sort of the point the guy is making :-)
Right and my point is that more people speak English than Romanian. English is also the de facto standard for international communication.