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Why did they decide on a name that can easily be (mis)pronounced as a synonym for urine? That just seems like a poor branding decision, up there with "blur-ray

• wriq 16y ago
  Worked out ok for Nintendo on the Wii...
  • wnoise 16y ago
    Fair enough.
• timknauf 16y ago
  I've always pronounced it like "pie pie". (But then again, maybe that's because I already knew the "py" was the first syllable of the word "python"?)
• njharman 16y ago
  What language uses "ee' sound for "y"? And who pronounces blue, blur?
  • euccastro 16y ago
    Spanish does. Not agreeing with grandparent, though. Lots of people admit to playing with their Wiis for hours a day.
  • wnoise 16y ago
    It's not pronouncing "blue" as "blur", but extending or duplicating the r.
• Symmetry 16y ago
  I wouldn't say Blu-ray has much to worry about on the "blur-ray" front. Plays on words like that are damaging when they call attention to real or perceived weaknesses in a product, but while I can think of a lot of mean things to accuse Blu-ray of, blurry simply isn't one of them.