Hot listening – another title not used
My forthcoming iPad app is going to feature what I refer to as Listening Hotspots, which are moments in spontaneous speech where familiar, frequent words (including weak forms) are mushed out of shape and combined in such a way that are difficult to perceive. This happens in fast stretches of speech: typically those which precede, and lie in between, prominent syllables. Using the multi-touch capabilities of tablets, users will be able to do intensive listening, and improve their ability to perceive such words.
Because of the hotspots, I had thought of calling the app Hot Listening – Cool Pronunciation, but (a) this is too long for those locations in the Apple Store and elsewhere where a shorter, snappier title is important and (b) I got advice to the effect that Hot Listening might be interpreted as being a bit risqué.
But actually, if you do a Google search for images with the search term hot listening, nothing risqué turns up. Interestingly though, I found that a Korean publisher has produced a series of titles under this name – as the image above shows.
Anyway, my current title for the app is Cool Speech with the subtitle Listening Hotspots and Fluent Pronunciation.
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