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iPod touch Apple using improper grammar for ipod ad...
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I thought that is how Americans speak?
I agree it is wrong grammatically… but… then again so is Think Different.
I agree it is wrong grammatically… but… then again so is Think Different.
I thought that is how Americans speak?
I agree it is wrong grammatically… but… then again so is Think Different.
In English: The Most Fun iPod Ever....
In American: The Funnest iPod Ever...
In English: The Most Fun iPod Ever....
In American: The Funnest iPod Ever...
Sorry, but I'm an American and "funnest" definitely rubs my ear the wrong way. Was that the best Apple could come up with?
As opposed to the correct grammar of "iPod Touch -- It could HAVE been nucular"
Was that intentional on your part?
I take it you're OK with the "nucular" part then?
Ya think?
I can put up with minor misdemeanors like foilage, nucular and for all intensive purposes, but could/should/would of is where I draw the line. What was the point of learning a second language when the idiots who speak it on a daily basis can't even put coherent sentences together?
English always mutates because it is spoken everywhere in the world and there are tons of countries on other sides of the planet speaking it and we all sort of mutate and speak it our own way. It will start with accents at first, but eventually it will mutate enough to be a whole new language. It happened with latin, and spanish.
Don't be a snobby grammar geek and correct grammar, to the vast majority of the world, that is the right grammar fluently, but technically it is incorrect.
Arrgh!
Don't be a snobby grammar geek and correct grammar, to the vast majority of the world, that is the right grammar fluently, but technically it is incorrect.
Arrgh!
You should also take into account that advertising is supposed to catch your attention one way or another, so non-standard English is going to be par for the course.
That said, I think it's kind of a lousy tagline. 'A little video for everyone' for the 3G Nano, by comparison, was a great little pun.
That said, I think it's kind of a lousy tagline. 'A little video for everyone' for the 3G Nano, by comparison, was a great little pun.
it gets people to discuss it though and that is good.
but 'think different' is not necessarily bad grammar. think apple, think pink, think fast. like that... if you take it to mean differently, an adverb to think then yes, it is wrong. but, if you use it as a concept rather, it is perfectly fine
like: what is the meaning of different. how do we define different. that sort of meaning
but 'think different' is not necessarily bad grammar. think apple, think pink, think fast. like that... if you take it to mean differently, an adverb to think then yes, it is wrong. but, if you use it as a concept rather, it is perfectly fine
like: what is the meaning of different. how do we define different. that sort of meaning
Absolutely! It may not be the winningest commercial ever, but it is pretty, err... winningy?
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I suppose they shot down... "Could an iPod be more funner."
this made me giggle inside and out
I think it is useful as long as it gets the point of across. Who cares if it is standardized (USA
) It is different in every country and depends on who is speaking.