Hmm. It is not any better when you try to translate into Japanese, as it sounds something like, ‘E-ri-ku-i-ri-su-to’.
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madeinussr
I’m telling more about pronunciation. Elixirst (original) is very hard to pronounce, than Alchemist for russians (and I suppose for everyone who speaks any slavic language).
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gon782
Just out of curiosity, would you say алхимик or would you try to russify the word chosen for it in English, usually, if you for some reason were saying that you were an alchemist, in the Elixir context?
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madeinussr
Oh, nice question) the raw translation алхимик sounds pretty ridiculous, agreed. I would say either “Alchemist” with russian accent =) or translated “Elixir developer” (Elixir-разработчик). Elixirist just doesn’t work (for me, as russian native speaker) in any form: original or translated.
PS: that was a luck Rubyist sounds so good on russian manner Рубист and easy to pronounce (of course, nobody tries to translate Rubyist).
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DianaOlympos
PatNowak
Elixirists, because:
- José likes that - enough said
- Alchemy was basically “waste of time and effort”, but elixir (generally the potion) sounds to be well crafted, useful and can be an ingredient for something even better. Elixirist means that you know what you are doing
- Language is Elixir, not Alchemy
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polypush135
Oh man the “nerds” in here 
This reminds me of the time a recruiter was selling me as a “Rich Interactive application analyst” after I told her I could do some JS. If we are putting this up to a vote I want to be label as a “meat popsicle.”
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lubien
Elixirist sounds like a bad word in portuguese for me don’t you think @josevalim? Idk if u got the word it sounds like
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rlopzc
DevotionGeo
Bruce Tate called Elixir community, “Elixir Mafia” in Programming Elixir’s acknowledgements. What if we call Elixir programmers, Elixters (Singular Elixter, Elixir + Gangster, Gangster from Mafia)? 
@josevalim @chrismccord, do you like this term?
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