Jaffa is an israely brand name for oranges.. (all oranges that ship inside and outside from israel are marked with little yellow-on-green sticker saying Jaffa) Guy. -----Original Message----- From: openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Phipps Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 03:49 To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [openbeos] Re: OBOS new name That probably isn't too bad of an idea... Auros - from the Greek - to hear/hearing/audible Begin - verb - to start. Dysis - Greek Goddess of Sunset Firebox - the part of a furnace where the burning is done Firefly - a winged insect, native to North America (other places?) that emits light Forge - a furnace/area used for shaping metal Haiku - Japanese - a poem with a particular form - Net+'s error messages are Haikus... Indigo - a deep purple Infinity - never ending, the mathematical representation of the highest number possible Jaffa - a region of Israel and a type of orange Mantis - a Preying Mantis is a helpful insect that eats other insects Menlo - where Be was located, also where Edison did most of his inventing Nemo - fictional captain, creator of the Nautilus Nova - an exploded star Terra - latin root for Earth >I guess it would be much more helpful for us to choose a new name for OBOS if >we know what those names in the vote actually mean...what do you think? > >Excuse me, but English isn't my native language, but some names aren't >english anyway!