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I would stray away from making the library name too similar in phonetic sound to the data it's meant to process. There was already enough confusion in an office I worked at with a non-developer whose name was "Jason"

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Haha, okay. Yes, I just really like the name since it originates from an email sent from one of the project managers at our office: "Don't worry. We can handle both XML and Jason".

I would prefer something like Jason, even though it sounds like JSON, over something crazy like Unicorn Milk. I'm not saying you were suggesting something crazy, but just adding my two cents.

Come on, there's a huge middle ground between "Unicorn milk" and a name that isn't a homophone of the format it works with. Let alone the fact that I don't like my first name being used as the name of a library, I think it's a bad choice as when you're verbally discussing this library with another person you'd likely have to refer to it as "jason the library" or something similar to clarify it rather than just using a simple unambiguous name.

We had a developer named Jason, fortunately he mainly did XML.

> fortunately he mainly did XML

Out of context, you sound insane.

I pronounce JSON as "jay-sawn" to avoid the confusion with the name. I've heard "jiss-on" and various other mutations used as well.

American? The North American accent pronounces "Python" similarly, as "py-THAWN" instead of "PIE-thn".

I usually pronounce it that way as well, I'm American, and it does rhyme with Python that way for me.

I pronounce it Jay-Ess-Owe-Enn, for obvious reasons.

How do you think this guy feels? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Weary

Hint: Not the be confused with ...

Am I the only person who pronounces it as J-SON?

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