[Vision2020] Re: Question about Googling terminology

[g. crabtree]

Re: Question about Googling terminologyI am fairly sure that Westinghouse was the big name in electric ice box's initially ( as in almost everything electric ) I would be more inclined to think that "fridge" comes from re-fridge-rator. One of the first jokes I can remember hearing as a kid went something like... A man opened his refrigerator one day  and to his surprise he found a bunny sleeping inside. The man asked the long eared interloper what it thought it was doing and the rabbit replied "it say's Westinghouse on the outside of  this thing doesn't it?" The man allowed as how it did. To which the cottontail replied "well then, obviously I'm just 'westing.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nils Peterson 
  To: Donovan Arnold ; Chasuk ; vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:41 AM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Re: Question about Googling terminology


  Google has suffered the (un)happy fate of many other successful brands, it has lost some of its tradename status by becoming a common term to refer to a class of similar products: Kleenex, Xerox, and Scotch Tape come to mind. And "fridge" I think comes from the brand name Fridigaire (sp?). 

  So, Donovan, if you are Yahooing, you will be better understood if you say you are "Internet searching" (note cap) or just Googling.


  On 7/10/06 7:10 PM, "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:


    Chas,
      
      So if I use Yahoo Search instead of Googling, am I Yahooing?
      
      I agree that if telephone and television are lowercase, so should Internet. 
      
      Best,
      
      _DJA

    Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:

       On 7/10/06, Donovan Arnold  wrote:

      > OK, so does Googling mean, only using "Google"? Can you Google on Yahoo, or
      > Google by Mr. Jeeves, or does Googling, strictly mean using Google?

      I wouldn't use the word "Googling" to refer to searches performed on
      other services, but I believe that the usage, if it persists, will
      eventually encompass all competing services, if that hasn't already
      started to happen.

      >  And another question, can Internet be spelled with a little "i"? Some one
      > needs to write an official rules of the Internet book.

      I find "internet" ugly, but www.wired.com specifies the small "i" in
      their style book. Logically, I suppose that small "i" makes sense, as
      we don't refer to to "Telephone" and "Television."





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