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Alexia

54 replies

Panoramarama · 10/11/2018 01:10

Too similar to Alexa and therefore too virtual assistant?

It's the name that I keep coming back to from our list. It's stuck in my head and I don't think I like the others quite as much.

Part of me thinks why let a potentially tenuous association ruin a lovely name. The other part worries she'd be mocked or forever associated with a smart home device...

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ChaosMoon · 10/11/2018 07:58

People will probability get the pronunciation wrong initially, so she'll be in for a lot of corrections. Personally I don't think that's the end of the world though.

But as you say, it does sound more different from the device than it looks. I'm going to tentatively say, I think it'll be ok. ☺

JiltedJohnsJulie · 10/11/2018 07:55

Sorry but I think I’m in the same camp as Fission.

FissionChips · 10/11/2018 01:19

Anytime a person says her name it’s likely several devices will alert! Don’t do that to her.

Panoramarama · 10/11/2018 01:12

Fwiw the pronunciation (Greek family) would be Alex-EEa with that emphasis which is less like Alexa than it looks on the page

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