[Vision2020] Re: Question about Googling terminology

[Craine Kit]

I recently saw a story which said "googling" in now included in the  
Mariam-Webster Collegic [sp?] dictionary as a "real" word meaning  
searching the Internet.

Kit Craine

On Jul 11, 2006, at 6:41 AM, Nils Peterson wrote:

> 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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