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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>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?). <BR>
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So, Donovan, if you are Yahooing, you will be better understood if you say you are “Internet searching” (note cap) or just Googling.<BR>
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On 7/10/06 7:10 PM, "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Chas,<BR>
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So if I use Yahoo Search instead of Googling, am I Yahooing?<BR>
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I agree that if telephone and television are lowercase, so should Internet. <BR>
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<B><I>Chasuk <chasuk@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'> On 7/10/06, Donovan Arnold wrote:<BR>
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> OK, so does Googling mean, only using "Google"? Can you Google on Yahoo, or<BR>
> Google by Mr. Jeeves, or does Googling, strictly mean using Google?<BR>
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I wouldn't use the word "Googling" to refer to searches performed on<BR>
other services, but I believe that the usage, if it persists, will<BR>
eventually encompass all competing services, if that hasn't already<BR>
started to happen.<BR>
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> And another question, can Internet be spelled with a little "i"? Some one<BR>
> needs to write an official rules of the Internet book.<BR>
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I find "internet" ugly, but www.wired.com specifies the small "i" in<BR>
their style book. Logically, I suppose that small "i" makes sense, as<BR>
we don't refer to to "Telephone" and "Television."<BR>
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