Games with synonnyms and misnomers

[squall]

Sort of resurrected topic.

:steps onto soapbox:


You ever had that customer that comes up to you and says "I'm looking for 'movie title' on video." So you pick up the dvd of the title of the movie because that's what the store sells. Then they say "No, I want it on VIDEO." Well isn't a dvd movie video format? Moving pictures is video. I don't mean to sound like I'm being politically correct, but video is a broad general name for many formats. It really bothered me more than it should have and I liked to correct people on it. And no, my store no longer sold movie titles on VHS, which I knew was the format she was looking for.

"I'm not looking for an mp3 player, I want an I-pod." I was listening to talk radio once and I heard the commentators talking about how mp3 players are so yesterday's news, and now I-pod is the new big thing. I don't think I need to spell it out, but and I-pod is, guess what......an overpriced...overmarketed....overstoraged....mp3 player! I know some have video functions but it is still an mp3 player if it plays mp3s. Suddenly you give an mp3 player a name, like I-pod, and the sex appeal of it goes way up and it reaches new cultural status. People shell out huge duckets for sex appeal, so they will pay a 100 extra dollars for an ipod instead of another mp3 player that is equal in storage size.

"Do you have movies on cd?" DVD! DVD!!!

:Off soapbox: but there's more!


An uninformed SC's defintions (sarcasm warning)

computer: that thing that looks like a tv

modem: that box that the computer is hooked into

monitor: same as modem

video: VHS tape

mp3: What's an mp3? Is that a song?

fax machine: It teleports things wherever you want them to go. Why mail it when you can fax it? (a little extreme, but you would be amazed at how some people are capable of breathing, and driving, and eating....etc etc)

Target(that's where I worked at):It's French, you say it like Tarjjay. Damn french people, all upscale and walking around with their nose in the air. I'm never going to Tarjjey again, hmmph! ( I literally heard this conversation from a customer).

[Mixed Bag]

I suppose the backlash against the French is why Wal*Mart never came out with Insouciance boutiques; besides, the upscale customers already have Côçtqueaux

A popular soup and salad chain proclaimed on its placards that its turkey chili was low-fat, but only their website said it contained beef. Funny, they never called me back when I left a message about it (there's also a brand of turkey sausage in the supermarket which puts beef in the fine print ).

Chicken "burgers" which I think are made of ground chicken, like ground turkey, but are just chicken sandwiches. Wrong.

BTW, I find ketCHup so much more appetizing than cat-sup.

[trunks2k]

"I'm not looking for an mp3 player, I want an I-pod." I was listening to talk radio once and I heard the commentators talking about how mp3 players are so yesterday's news, and now I-pod is the new big thing. I don't think I need to spell it out, but and I-pod is, guess what......an overpriced...overmarketed....overstoraged....mp3 player!

IIRC, technically the commentator is correct. The IPod itself doesn't play mp3s but rather converts MP3s and such into a proprietory format doesn't it? That's what I recall hearing, but I don't own an IPOD, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.

But yeah, it's basically an MP3 player.

[Hotelboy]

Actually, most every file on my iPod is an MPEG4.

[Becks]

Target(that's where I worked at):It's French, you say it like Tarjjay. Damn french people, all upscale and walking around with their nose in the air. I'm never going to Tarjjey again, hmmph! ( I literally heard this conversation from a customer).

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr...it makes my teeth itch to hear it pronounced that way. Trying to make the name of the store sound French does NOT make it a high priced specialty store, you know...

[Kogarashi]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr...it makes my teeth itch to hear it pronounced that way. Trying to make the name of the store sound French does NOT make it a high priced specialty store, you know...

When I say it that way, I'm usually mocking the store. But then I don't really like either Target or France (no offense to Squall or any French folks on the board here).

[kerrisan]

BTW, I find ketCHup so much more appetizing than cat-sup.

So do I. "cat-sup" is just one letter away from "cat soup." *shudders*

[DGoddessChardonnay]

So do I. "cat-sup" is just one letter away from "cat soup." *shudders*

As long as it's not one of my cats being turned into soup, we're okay. *shudders*I

That's one of my many pet peeves (we won't go into the others, as it would make this )

Why do people insist on mispronouncing words? Target is pretty simple, isn't it? Tar-shay doesn't make the store any more upscale, thanks.

Same w/the word "ask." I have to literally bite my tongue whenever someone pronounces it as "axe." For the love of cheese, don't they teach standard English in the schools here in the US anymore?

[Acolyte]

but and I-pod is, guess what......an overpriced...overmarketed....overstoraged....mp3 player!

OFF-TOPIC: iPods may be overpriced but, at least in Canada, iPod Nanos beat the tar out of your average (1-2 gig) MP3 players. I've had Sansa and Creative 1 gig MP3 players (One died, refunded, bought second, the second was dying when it was stolen), but my 1 gig Nano beats them silly (No batteries, better interface, better sound, Soitaire for those long waits...)

ON-TOPIC:
Man, I hate people like that. The worst are cable modem/router people.
'Ok, does your computer connect directly to the modem, or through a router?'
'Router.'
'How many other compters are hooked into it?'
'It only has one spot!'
'Wait, does this 'router' hook into a phone jack?'
'Yes.'
'That's the modem.'

And fear the day these people come in for a new computer.

[phillippbo]

I can't speak for everybody, but I usually use the term "Tar-shay" in a sarcastic or disapproving way. This is how my friends figured it out:

K-Mart is an "yuppie" Dollar Tree;
Wal-Mart is an "yuppie" K-Mart;
Target is an "yuppie" Wal-Mart.

"Yuppie" meaning the interior is better designed or more appealing and/or the prices are generally higher. No offense to anybody who works at Target, but the only time I ever actually buy anything from there is the end-of-season sales on the clothes. Beyond that, all (or at the least most) of my shopping is cheaper at Wally World or K-Town.

[kerrisan]

And fear the day these people come in for a new computer.

If you get commissioned, your eyes should light up with dollar signs!

If not, hey, your sales will make interesting stories.

[Kusanagi]

I love my iPod Nano, and it loves me. But that's because I deleted the iPod operating system off of it and installed Linux instead.

You have solitare? I have full movies and games to pass the time. And the original DOOM.

If you ever want to install Linux on the ipod, let me know and I can help you. There's some bugs with the Nano version, but I use it for alot more than just music.

[Acolyte]

If you get commissioned, your eyes should light up with dollar signs!

If not, hey, your sales will make interesting stories.

Heh, I'm a tech. I only see newly bought computers if someone need something installed in it beforehand!

And-where do you get iLinux? I've heard about it, but I've never figured out how to get it.

[Mixed Bag]

If you ever want to install Linux on the ipod, let me know and I can help you.

So, if I prefer the hardware attributes of another brand, I can install Linux or the iPod OS on such a model? (he asked, making sure everyone knew he was referring to lawful activity only)

[squall]

Target is not a French company, it started in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There are no stores in France. I don't know where people got the idea that it was French.