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> No, because people aren't complete idiots. Sweet summer child. http://www.gentside.com/le-bon-coin/le-bon-coin-un-ordinateur-susv-marque-concurrente-de-asu

• bisby 10y ago
  MOST people aren't complete idiots. Clarifying your logo isn't going to make the idiots suddenly smart.
• dustinmr 10y ago
  Change languages and you're in a whole other world. Have an Argentine (for example) pronounce Yosemite National Park for you. Or for that matter, ask an English speaker to pronounce Habanero (there's no ñ) or someone from the East Coast to say Oregon or Puyallup. While those are words and names, examples abound in marketing. But to continue my example, Argentines already pronounce Mozilla differently than an English speaker, or other Spanish speakers for that matter! So this should be nothing new.
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  • aristus 10y ago
    "Moh-see-jah"
  • analogmemory 10y ago
    I always got a kick how google/apple maps used to pronounce Sepulveda Blvd in Los Angeles. (Or almost any street name with a Spanish name)
    • hobarrera 10y ago
      Using stuff like Here Maps, Apple Maps (and probably Google Maps too) when driving around Argentina is a real laugh.
  • aaronbrethorst 10y ago
    Puy = The same sound as the word "pew", like a church pew. Allup = Al + Up. Like "Gallop" without the g. Sequim is still my favorite Washington place :) http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/pronounce-washington-names/ http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/pronounce-washington-nam...
    • paulddraper 10y ago
      Said "squim", FYI. But now we're just reaching for absurdities. I live near Tooele, UT (too-il-uh), and my uncle lives in Hurricane, UT (her-i-ken).
      • r00fus 10y ago
        I thought Hurricane was just pronounced "her-ken". Also: "creek" in UT is pronounced "crick".
        • paulddraper 10y ago
          That's not the Wikipedia pronunciation ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane,_Utah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane,_Utah ), but it's probably said that way too.
  • hobarrera 10y ago
    As an Argentina (born and living in AR), I can assure you we pronounce Mozilla almost identically. The Z might sound softer (like it does in "song"), but that's it. The people from the above examples are just holding laptops upside down, there's no language involved there.
• Mithaldu 10y ago
  Tbh, SNSV is a perfectly valid reading for the first two. That one's just a shitty font.
  • throwawayish 10y ago
    And VAIO is a kinda poorly designed logo; you only know it's supposed to say VAIO because someone told you...
    • scholia 10y ago
      Easier to read if you know it stands for Video Audio Integrated Operation
• nekopa 10y ago
  This is still my favorite: http://imgur.com/gallery/BZ9fPe1 http://imgur.com/gallery/BZ9fPe1
  • sohkamyung 10y ago
    Hah! That's a good one. BTW, for context, I think that conversation took place in Singapore. "Challenger" is the name of a chain of computer megastores here. "Simi" is local slang for "What's up."
    • nekopa 10y ago
      Hey, thanks for the context. I had wondered what Simi meant.
      • sohkamyung 10y ago
        No problem. For reference, here's what Wikipedia [1] says: "Si Mi - Hokkien - "What?" - From Hokkien term 甚物 (sím-mi̍h) (may also be written as 啥物 or 啥咪). Mandarin equivalent of 什么. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish_vocabulary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish_vocabulary
• Piskvorrr 10y ago
  Not to mention dy. http://s176.photobucket.com/user/trkraus/media/DSC_0103.jpg.html http://s176.photobucket.com/user/trkraus/media/DSC_0103.jpg....
• type0 10y ago
  I used both snsv and Jade laptops, I think snsv is by far a better brand
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