What about "ubit", pronounced "YOU-bit", representing 1e-6 bitcoin? Easy to say, tied in a visual way to the metric micro, leaves the required 2 decimal places for the marginally numerate.. What more could one want? Also, hi. My first post; plan to get involved over the southern hemisphere winter if I can learn enough. On Apr 20, 2014 4:32 PM, "Mike Caldwell" wrote: > By culturally neutral I mean we avoid deliberately invoking a cultural > reference in the name. For example "satoshi" would be a reference to > Japanese culture just for being a common Japanese name regardless of who > Satoshi turns out to be. > > Mike > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 20, 2014, at 1:20 PM, "Christophe Biocca" < > christophe.biocca@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Culturally neutral? "bit" in French phonetically collides with slang > > for phallus ("bitte", with a silent "e"). Apparently it means "louse" > > in Turkish as well. > > > > Not that this really would be avoidable with any short word (all the > > short possible words are usually taken), but it's not neutral. > > > >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Oliver Egginger > wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> just my two 'cents': > >> > >> Terms arises by itself. Just as most people speak of coins when they > >> mean bitcoins. I do not see that bitcoin is currently in common use > >> except for speculation. Therefore no term for smaller units has > >> established yet. No problem in my eyes. Time will tell. > >> > >> - oliver > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > >> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and > their > >> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > >> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Bitcoin-development mailing list > >> Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and > their > > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > > _______________________________________________ > > Bitcoin-development mailing list > > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development >