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Sorry to be negative, but it does seem kind of overdone now. Funnily enough in Japan the same thing happens with seemingly randomly-selected English words, so

Sorry to be negative, but it does seem kind of overdone now. Funnily enough in Japan the same thing happens with seemingly randomly-selected English words, so I suppose it's not completely without precedent.

Fnoord 2y ago
The Chinese (on e.g. AliExpress) do this, too. With... mixed results. Small typo's, for example. Intentional (NOKlA) or not. Or, case in point: "NICGIGA is a technology enterprise focusing on communication network products. We have a perfect R&D team and Reliability laboratory."
- skrebbel 2y ago
  > Intentional (NOKlA) I'm not sure what your point is exactly, but fwiw, Nokia is the name of the Finnish town from which the Nokia company originates. They used to make rubber products such as rubber boots. I once had a bike with Nokia branded inner tyres (same logo, just without the "Connecting People" payoff). There's absolutely nothing Japanese about the word "Nokia", except maybe in the eye (ear?) of the beholder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia,_Finland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia,_Finland
  - grardb 2y ago
    GP is referring to "NOKLA" phones[1][2]. The "L" is intentionally lower-cased to make it look like a capital "I." [1] https://www.engadget.com/2009-04-01-keepin-it-real-fake-part-cxcv-nokla-n97-drops-two-is-fools.html https://www.engadget.com/2009-04-01-keepin-it-real-fake-part... [2] https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/nokla-mobile-phone.html https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/nokla-mobile-phone.html
    - skrebbel 2y ago
      Oh wow I had totally missed that. Nasty!
  - d1sxeyes 2y ago
    I suspect rather [Nokian tyres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokian_Tyres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokian_Tyres), rather than Nokia. Either way, yes, Nokia is for sure a Finnish word, not a Japanese one, but the confusion has been around [for more than quarter of a decade](https://www.wired.com/1999/09/nokia/#:~:text=A%20surprising,that%20work https://www.wired.com/1999/09/nokia/#:~:text=A%20surprising,...)
    - Pinus 2y ago
      I definitely had Nokia wellies in the mid eighties. I think the boots-and-tyres brand name changed from Nokia to Nokian around 1990-ish.
    - skrebbel 2y ago
      Yes but this once was the same company. Eg this image from your Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokian_Tyres#/media/File:Nokia-winterreifen.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokian_Tyres#/media/File:Nokia... even has the same logo/font as Nokia used to have on their phones (except rendered here as an outline).
      - d1sxeyes 2y ago
        Huh! My apologies, you are absolutely right.
  - snapplebobapple 2y ago
    That was informative. I always thought it was a company founded on the principle of expressing disdain for a certain korean auto manufacturer.......
gwervc 2y ago
There is too much products or brands using a single English word being released too.
- efilife 2y ago
  There are too many people who seemingly forgot that the word "are" exists

Fnoord 2y ago

The Chinese (on e.g. AliExpress) do this, too. With... mixed results. Small typo's, for example. Intentional (NOKlA) or not. Or, case in point: "NICGIGA is a technology enterprise focusing on communication network products. We have a perfect R&D team and Reliability laboratory."

skrebbel 2y ago
> Intentional (NOKlA) I'm not sure what your point is exactly, but fwiw, Nokia is the name of the Finnish town from which the Nokia company originates. They used to make rubber products such as rubber boots. I once had a bike with Nokia branded inner tyres (same logo, just without the "Connecting People" payoff). There's absolutely nothing Japanese about the word "Nokia", except maybe in the eye (ear?) of the beholder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia,_Finland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia,_Finland
- grardb 2y ago
  GP is referring to "NOKLA" phones[1][2]. The "L" is intentionally lower-cased to make it look like a capital "I." [1] https://www.engadget.com/2009-04-01-keepin-it-real-fake-part-cxcv-nokla-n97-drops-two-is-fools.html https://www.engadget.com/2009-04-01-keepin-it-real-fake-part... [2] https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/nokla-mobile-phone.html https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/nokla-mobile-phone.html
  - skrebbel 2y ago
    Oh wow I had totally missed that. Nasty!
- d1sxeyes 2y ago
  I suspect rather [Nokian tyres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokian_Tyres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokian_Tyres), rather than Nokia. Either way, yes, Nokia is for sure a Finnish word, not a Japanese one, but the confusion has been around [for more than quarter of a decade](https://www.wired.com/1999/09/nokia/#:~:text=A%20surprising,that%20work https://www.wired.com/1999/09/nokia/#:~:text=A%20surprising,...)
  - Pinus 2y ago
    I definitely had Nokia wellies in the mid eighties. I think the boots-and-tyres brand name changed from Nokia to Nokian around 1990-ish.
  - skrebbel 2y ago
    Yes but this once was the same company. Eg this image from your Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokian_Tyres#/media/File:Nokia-winterreifen.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokian_Tyres#/media/File:Nokia... even has the same logo/font as Nokia used to have on their phones (except rendered here as an outline).
    - d1sxeyes 2y ago
      Huh! My apologies, you are absolutely right.
- snapplebobapple 2y ago
  That was informative. I always thought it was a company founded on the principle of expressing disdain for a certain korean auto manufacturer.......

gwervc 2y ago

There is too much products or brands using a single English word being released too.

efilife 2y ago
There are too many people who seemingly forgot that the word "are" exists