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They've tried it in France but it didn't work at all and was joked upon (among other things). They now use a pronoun in marketing materials. Weirdly enough, the
by hadrien01 7y ago
They've tried it in France but it didn't work at all and was joked upon (among other things). They now use a pronoun in marketing materials. Weirdly enough, they insist on using 'iPhone' as a proper noun in Canadian French.
- SilasX 7y agoOh wow, they tried that in French, a language that more strongly demands attaching "the" (le/la) to everything? Btw, there was an interesting case where the inclusion of "the" in the French version caused conflict: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_242#French_version_vs._English_version_of_text https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Counci... (And I think you mean a definite article rather than a pronoun?)