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by tasuki 22 days ago
What's up with the dercuano, derctuo, and dernocua naming? Are there just these three? Does the naming follow some pattern?
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Well, "Dercuano" sounds like "Dirk One Oh" in English, so clearly the sequel should be "Dirk Two Oh". And "Dernocua" is the properly formed vesre of cuaderno, unlike "Dercuano", which unfortunately certain people were too polite to inform me was ill-formed until too late.

:-)

Mostly I wanted a name that was short, easy to remember, and unique.

My current notes are in http://canonical.org/~kragen/sw/pavnotes2.git/