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Does the 'misspelling' of iPhone bother anyone?
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Eye <3 "my" IFone and it's friend Itouch.
Now if only I could have put in a triple negative and ended that with a preposition I would have really been proud.
Now if only I could have put in a triple negative and ended that with a preposition I would have really been proud.
meh... why quibble over such minutiae? Trademark names and brand names get heavily distorted especially when talking about consumer electronics. I have worked in computer retail before, (CompUSA, Costco) and you would be appalled at how limited the average consumer can be when it comes to Consumer electronics. e.g. I have dealt with people who could not understand why they cannot sync their Creative media player to itunes.
or better yet they insist on calling any and all MP3 players an ipod regardless of manufacturer. Why they cannot plug their new Vizio LCD TV directly into their imac. Why won't Windows or some other Windows App not install on their PowerPC based Mac?? The list goes on...... thank god those dark days are over!!!!
This problem should be of no surprise though as I have also worked in the Pizza business before (Papa Johns) and have dealt with people who thought that we sold "take and bake" Pizza like Papa Murphys or who get upset because they assumed Papa Johns did "stuffed crust pizza" like Pizza Hut. With that in mind I was in a Burger King last week and observed an otherwise normal looking American mother ask for a "Happy Meal" and Big mac? Come on!! If your average American can't even get their fast food trademark names right what makes you think that they will fair any better when it comes to technology!!!
The above mentioned examples may sound like a joke, but it is a sad and frightening reality. There are people out their who are absolutely clueless. Part of me would want to say that they are just good people who have not been corrupted by consumer culture and yet another part of me is appalled at how ignorant and vulnerable the average consumer can be.
or better yet they insist on calling any and all MP3 players an ipod regardless of manufacturer. Why they cannot plug their new Vizio LCD TV directly into their imac. Why won't Windows or some other Windows App not install on their PowerPC based Mac?? The list goes on...... thank god those dark days are over!!!! This problem should be of no surprise though as I have also worked in the Pizza business before (Papa Johns) and have dealt with people who thought that we sold "take and bake" Pizza like Papa Murphys or who get upset because they assumed Papa Johns did "stuffed crust pizza" like Pizza Hut. With that in mind I was in a Burger King last week and observed an otherwise normal looking American mother ask for a "Happy Meal" and Big mac?
Come on!! If your average American can't even get their fast food trademark names right what makes you think that they will fair any better when it comes to technology!!!The above mentioned examples may sound like a joke, but it is a sad and frightening reality. There are people out their who are absolutely clueless. Part of me would want to say that they are just good people who have not been corrupted by consumer culture and yet another part of me is appalled at how ignorant and vulnerable the average consumer can be.
That doesn't bother me nearly as much as when people are typing on a keyboard and use shorthand like they are typing a text message, for example: "hey, r u guys coming over here 4 dinner?"
That sentence doesn't really apply to here, but I think that my general point get across.
That sentence doesn't really apply to here, but I think that my general point get across.
Actually I just love misuse of quotation marks. I have laughed so hard at some of "those" "remarks". One of my all time favorites was: Your "host" Charlie. Immediately it made you think,"...and I guess we are Charlie's "parasites"." The mirth never ends.
As for the people who just don't get it, be thankful for them. Be thankful you are not one, too.
As for the people who just don't get it, be thankful for them. Be thankful you are not one, too.
I never knew so many people were upset by the term iTouch. Personally, I've always thought it was a pretty handy shorthand.
its this thats always bothered me. people misspelling a product or whatever is cool, but its an ipod touch. not an iTouch not an iTouch. for all i know an iTouch is a random third party product out there. probably is too. /shrug.
For some reason, I am bothered far more by your use of "ipod" than by "iTouch."
Incidentally, I am also bothered more by your misuse of "its," your failure to place an apostrophe in the contraction "that's", your lack of capitalization, and your failure to place a comma before "too."
That's nowhere near the frustration I have when people on Facebook consistently use "your" instead of "you're".
This thread is just too much fun.
I'm bothered by you not ending your sentence with a period. Otherwise you did an amazing job.
On topic, the spelling and capitalization variations of iPhone don't bother me near as much as the horrid grammar everybody demonstrates around here.
That's nowhere near the frustration I have when people on Facebook consistently use "your" instead of "you're".
How I wish that only happened on Facebook.
Slightly misnaming or using capitalisation incorrectly in relation to products doesn't bother me.
However, getting Steven Jobs name wrong is just sacrilege.
However, getting Steven Jobs name wrong is just sacrilege.