I know the etymology of the word.
It doesn’t follow from the etymology that one has to spell it out like an overcompensating person…
At least some people say “zor” - it says so right there in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. 
And I like zor, so zor is what I’ll say.
I would have instinctively said eksawr, but listening to you two bicker about it has made me quite like the sound of zor and maybe it’s more powerful to have something that people argue about or correct each other on… everyone remembers how to pronounce quinoa after they’ve been corrected once ;).
Not really, but perhaps the better question might be, could the internet have benefited from some kind of visual identity or ‘branding’ considerations? Might it have been a quicker evolution if a load of smart people had tried to launch that ship with a few bells and whistles?
It’s also a bit apples and oranges imo because SAFE will be seen in the context of options and variety of choice, the internet was the evolution of something new that had no real context for the average person. It was unique and new. Whilst SAFE will also be unique and new, it will be seen in the context of choice (where do i watch my porn? not, wow porn on a screen instead of a mag), so brand identification is a good move imo, even though it wasn’t ‘necessary’ for the internet.
Maybe none of the stuff we come up with here will be relevant in a few years, but maybe it will and maybe someone will come up with something clever that really helps the cause. It has to be worth a try.
X or, xor zor, zul, zool, Goser the Gosarian, the Gatekeeper for Ghostbusters. Exclusive, instead inclusive and “or” the separation or branch or road not taken out of necessity, its all very dualistic, as if to say from division, unity. From black ying and white yang or white ying and black yang gray or flow. I don’t like it, its sterile.
I think it does. But AFAIK it wasn’t decided by anyone, someone started using it and then a trend was born.
Same with the character @ for emails.
Just saying, this ain’t an argument for or against anything.
But that´s not really a visual identity of the Internet. Rather of the world wide web, which technically isn´t the internet, even though many people think so. Some people even confuse Internet Explorer or Facebook with the Internet.
Oh that’s right, I stand corrected. But as you point out it is for a lot of people, so I’m half right:)
EDIT: your comment led me to this rabbit hole about the history of the world wide web which is pretty interesting.
Well, the whole thing is about making the network popular. I think comparisons to the Internet, which might be correct technically, don´t fit. Many standards on the web have developed without much marketing in mind, but the reason wasn´t that it was an open world where things would come into place organically - the internet was much more hierarchical with very (very!) few actors who would plainly define a standard while others didn´t care so much and adopted or had to adopt. I don´t consider that as the better solution, anyway, the main point here is that we don´t need to compare “the internet” with SAFE because this isn´t the same (hi)story.
What I think most people who voted for identity branding are looking for is a more coherent appearance of the product to attract other people, because user contribution is what will decide whether SAFE is a success or not.I cannot see any argument against that, given that due to decentralization any vote means more than an agreement between the people who voted for something to bring it forward. Whoever disagrees can keep using a different logo, it won´t matter. So in the end it comes down to the question whether Maidsafe should invest 750 GBP as bounty and I guess everyone agrees that this peanuts.
Actually this is the first time I ever heard this after working with XOR for over 4 decades
…then I’ll quote the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Oh I don’t doubt it. But unfortunately it will always remain X-OR for me.
Maybe Xcoin riding on the Xmen mentality
It becomes the X brand of crypto 
But we were talking about XOR. Not this X-OR thing that you have suddenly introduced into the conversation.
You won’t find X-OR in any dictionary. The word is XOR.
And the film characters are not Xmen but X-Men. “Xmen” is illiterate, and “X-OR” is undefined. Please make up your mind what you’re talking about, thank you.
I only put the dash in to give how I pronounce it. Letter X followed by OR. Or were you just stirring the pot.
But that is a tautology: you’re defining it as the thing you pronounce. I agree that “X-OR” might reasonably be pronounced eks awr but it isn’t a word that I’ve seen defined anywhere, and it isn’t XOR.
The Postgres folks might get upset.
If they could understand it, the USAnian GOP would have a hissy fit.
But thats unlikely.
Which is a shame (not about the GOP) cos I come from a family of elephant lovers, My mother has over 400 models of elephants and I have never fallen off an elephant. Horses and camels, yes but never an elephant.
Sorry, Scotcoin has adopted that logo already
Nice find, I saw the ukrainian currency is also a close one.
It wasn’t hard to find. 
That mug is in my kitchen.
Also you are kinda busting my bubble as I was starting to have a nice collection.
So much for my dream of finding a new icon for Safecoin.
I was only ever saying how I pronounced it. Sorry for the sidetrack
Sorryyyyyyyyyyyy is that 20 yet?