And if you in fact want a Diet Coke and request a Coke and I get you a Coke and then you bitched because you wanted Diet, you are still in fact wrong
Arguing with you is rather surreal, so I'm going to stop now. Your deep vested interest in irrelevant matter of video game semantics is rather absurd.
I'm pretty sure I don't need to worry about new releases on the xbox 360 being confused for old xbox titles, or my friends being deeply confused when I talk about playing Fallout on xbox.
No, no one is going to think I'm talking about playing the 1997 release on my original xbox. Because there's a nice thing called common sense.
Dude, working retail made me realize one thing: people have no fucking common sense, and assume you are the dumbass, and treat you worse than an indentured servant if they're asked for clarification even the tiniest bit
Thank god I no longer work there
Thank fucking god
So fucking true.
Disrupter, if the guy gave you Fallout 3 for the 360 when you asked for "fallout for the xbox" I suspect the guy either was new, knew you, was watching your reaction closely to make sure you were thinking about the same thing, and/or just finished an agruement with someone on something inane and just didn't want to go through it again.
One of the first things I learned working at a college (where SMART people go!) bookstore is to never, ever assume you and the customer are thinking of the same thing unless exact terms are used, and even then, you must be cautious.
I know that when you say xbox, you mean 360, I know that when the guy at Gamestop is talking about the xbox, he means the 360. but if I ever work at Gamestop, and a guy came up and asked, "do you have Fallout for the xbox?" Unless I've seen him purchase a 360 or 360 game since I have been there, the first words out of my mouth are going to be "you mean an Xbox 360, right?" and hope my faith in the Intellegence and Future of Humanity doesn't take a hit in the ensuing conversation.
For example I remember how back in the NES days I kept hearing people calling it the Intendo. Clearly these were grandmothers who had heard it spoken of but never written.
Why isn't there an ultralime? Also, from that point on, even to this very day, anyone playing a video game on any console ever was "playing Intendo" according to aforementioned grandmothers.
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Not video game related but some of my friends when we were kids used to try to tell me it was "Bob-a Fett"
And not "Beau-ba Fett."
They were so wrong.
I knew a kid who used to say Boob-a fett and couldn't change it even though we kept correcting him and he wanted to change the way he said it. He would always slip back into it.
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The thing that bothers me most about Pokemon, is that they very clearly state that its the words Pocket and Monsters smashed together... so why the hell isn't it pronounced pah-kuh-mon?
I have a friend that would pronounce Chocobo as Cha-KAH-bow. I have known him since we were in the 4th grade. We are now 23 years old. I still cannot get that son of a bitch to pronounce it right.
Oh, and slightly off topic, but this discussion reminds me of when Nintendo officially named the Wii, and I laughed when the disbelievers refused to change, and would refer to it as the Revolution because Wii "sounded stupid."
Edit because I don't want to triple-post: Also, even though I'm anal, and forced myself to memorize how to type an é (alt+0233 learn it, live it), I can be ok when people type things like pokemon, or cafe, or whatever. It is NOT ok when people, business especially, will type things like poke'mon or cafe'. To me that is laziness at its worst, and terribly unprofessional for a business to have displayed.
Wii does sound stupid. It's just not very practical to call it the Revolution. I really, really hate it when people try to just merge Wii into words. Fuck "Wiimote" especially. You'll never hear me call it that, ever.
Wii does sound stupid. It's just not very practical to call it the Revolution. I really, really hate it when people try to just merge Wii into words. Fuck "Wiimote" especially. You'll never hear me call it that, ever.
I can agree that, especially at this point, Wii puns need to die. However, I think Nintendo should embrace the "Wiimote" as it is catchy and much easier to say than "Wii Remote." But that's just me.
My mom used to think that the main character of Ninja Gaiden was named Dan because in the commercial she thought they were saying Ninja Guy Dan. I think I'd like to play a game about some ninja guy named Dan.
Also my grandma was notorious for saying Merry-o. She also thought Playstation sounded like the name of a sex toy.
Wii does sound stupid. It's just not very practical to call it the Revolution. I really, really hate it when people try to just merge Wii into words. Fuck "Wiimote" especially. You'll never hear me call it that, ever.
That's not it's name?
Also I feel very stupid for saying melee and pokemon wrong all this time
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I hate all Wii puns too, but everyone around me and myself have adopted "Wiimote" as the term for Wii Remote. Wii Remote just sounds retarded and really doesn't roll off the tongue. Wiimote does.
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Oh! and calling controllers paddles. I had some friends who always referred to N64 controllers as paddles and it drove me crazy. I think it was something they picked up from their parents.. coming from pong and all.
I'm pretty sure most people in NZ and Aus pronounce Sega as 'See-ga'. I grew up calling them it so even though I know most people pronounce it 'say-ga', I just can't get used to it.
Oh! and calling controllers paddles. I had some friends who always referred to N64 controllers as paddles and it drove me crazy. I think it was something they picked up from their parents.. coming from pong and all.
Again, a lot of these come from people's own experiences with gaming. I guess it doesn't bother me as much when there are obvious similarities as it does when people just make shit up.
When people talked about the PSP at work, but called it the PCP? That didn't bother me so much as crack me up. The only thing that ever bothered me was people fighting me about information... for instance, Zelda is not available on the Playstation, nor is Halo, so stop screaming at my employees.
Can I complain about general technology illiteracy and incorrect terms in this thread too?
Because I work in a government office and oh my god.
Here is a transcript of a meeting last week:
Boss: So, the systems people have told us we're getting a new program. It's a Microsoft program called.....v-vista? I guess the program we have now is called XP but we're getting this new vista program to replace it.
Employee 1: Oh that's really bad!
Employee 2: Didn't they take that off the market?
Employee 1: Yeah, they did, but that's why the government is getting it now!
Boss: I don't know why they'd switch to a broken program, but that's just what the systems people said.
Me: *bangs head on conference table*
Where the hell do you work?
Statistics Canada.
Where people use computers all day but will still call the LAN guys because "Outlook isn't showing the little envelope when I get new email."
You guys are getting Vista?
Bastards.
Correctional Service of Canada is still using XP.
EDIT: From the other posts you've made, it sounds like you and I are quite alike in our respective places of employment.
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Oh! and calling controllers paddles. I had some friends who always referred to N64 controllers as paddles and it drove me crazy. I think it was something they picked up from their parents.. coming from pong and all.
Yeah, paddles/controllers/pads is pretty much interchangeable.
I have a "gamer" friend who insisted that God of War was getting an Xbox port. When I informed him that God of War was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Santa Monica and published by Sony, he insisted that God of War was nevertheless going to get an Xbox port, because, "That way, they can release their hit game on both systems, and make even more money. So it's gonna happen. I bought an Xbox so I could play Halo, now I'm just waiting on God of War." I tried to mention that it's far more beneficial for Sony to maintain exclusives to their own systems for the very reason that people have to buy those consoles to play those games, rather than competing consoles, but he changed the subject before we got into it.
The thing that bothers me most about Pokemon, is that they very clearly state that its the words Pocket and Monsters smashed together... so why the hell isn't it pronounced pah-kuh-mon?
For the same reason that "Heracross" isn't pronounced the same as "Hercules", I would think.
Well how is it supposed to be pronounced? Isn't it Shiii-va? ...Or is it Shi-vaaaaa?
SHE-vah
Everyone I know pronounces it as "Shi-va" like "shiver" but with a dropped r.
Actually it's really closer to "shiver" in pronunciation in the original Sanskrit. It's definitely not "sheeee-vah" or whatever people say, but it's somewhere in between "shiver" and "sheet". Also, on an unrelated note, in the original Hindu mythology, Shiva is a god (not a goddess), and has fuck all to do with ice.
Though, I will admit, the Japanese pronunciation is more like Shee-va (シヴァ), though that's more a limitation of the Japanese character set than an actual mandate on how it should be pronounced.
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So fucking true.
Disrupter, if the guy gave you Fallout 3 for the 360 when you asked for "fallout for the xbox" I suspect the guy either was new, knew you, was watching your reaction closely to make sure you were thinking about the same thing, and/or just finished an agruement with someone on something inane and just didn't want to go through it again.
One of the first things I learned working at a college (where SMART people go!) bookstore is to never, ever assume you and the customer are thinking of the same thing unless exact terms are used, and even then, you must be cautious.
I know that when you say xbox, you mean 360, I know that when the guy at Gamestop is talking about the xbox, he means the 360. but if I ever work at Gamestop, and a guy came up and asked, "do you have Fallout for the xbox?" Unless I've seen him purchase a 360 or 360 game since I have been there, the first words out of my mouth are going to be "you mean an Xbox 360, right?" and hope my faith in the Intellegence and Future of Humanity doesn't take a hit in the ensuing conversation.
Bucket of worms. Just change it to a real name.
I do neither, it's Mar-luh to me, though I suppect that is wrong.
And not "Beau-ba Fett."
They were so wrong.
I knew a kid who used to say Boob-a fett and couldn't change it even though we kept correcting him and he wanted to change the way he said it. He would always slip back into it.
Why would I have ever watched the Pokemon tv show?
Maybe you were a cool kid.
But it appears you were a square.
I bet Six would say that the Jigglypuff seen from above was a Voltorb or Electrode. Us cool Meowths knew the difference though.
Pokemon Safari - Sneasel, Pawniard, ????
Edit because I don't want to triple-post: Also, even though I'm anal, and forced myself to memorize how to type an é (alt+0233 learn it, live it), I can be ok when people type things like pokemon, or cafe, or whatever. It is NOT ok when people, business especially, will type things like poke'mon or cafe'. To me that is laziness at its worst, and terribly unprofessional for a business to have displayed.
I can agree that, especially at this point, Wii puns need to die. However, I think Nintendo should embrace the "Wiimote" as it is catchy and much easier to say than "Wii Remote." But that's just me.
Also my grandma was notorious for saying Merry-o. She also thought Playstation sounded like the name of a sex toy.
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That's not it's name?
Also I feel very stupid for saying melee and pokemon wrong all this time
Thanks, thread
Unless you're genuinely asking if that's not its name. It is technically "Wii Remote."
Bringing this up from the front page... Nintendo used to call them cassettes. It isn't hard to see where "tape" came from.
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I do however pronounce ICO correctly, as 'ee-ko'.
Again, a lot of these come from people's own experiences with gaming. I guess it doesn't bother me as much when there are obvious similarities as it does when people just make shit up.
When people talked about the PSP at work, but called it the PCP? That didn't bother me so much as crack me up. The only thing that ever bothered me was people fighting me about information... for instance, Zelda is not available on the Playstation, nor is Halo, so stop screaming at my employees.
You guys are getting Vista?
Bastards.
Correctional Service of Canada is still using XP.
EDIT: From the other posts you've made, it sounds like you and I are quite alike in our respective places of employment.
Yeah, paddles/controllers/pads is pretty much interchangeable.
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For the same reason that "Heracross" isn't pronounced the same as "Hercules", I would think.
Actually it's really closer to "shiver" in pronunciation in the original Sanskrit. It's definitely not "sheeee-vah" or whatever people say, but it's somewhere in between "shiver" and "sheet". Also, on an unrelated note, in the original Hindu mythology, Shiva is a god (not a goddess), and has fuck all to do with ice.
Though, I will admit, the Japanese pronunciation is more like Shee-va (シヴァ), though that's more a limitation of the Japanese character set than an actual mandate on how it should be pronounced.
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what is it?
Even CDs?
MADNESS
If I remember correctly it's "Day-us Ex"
This thread is my life
I think my favorite is when this dude was looking for Che-mal-ee-on Twist
Motherfucker didn't know how to pronounce Chameleon
Oh, and Dreamstations
And people asking for Mario on the PS2
The nightmares are coming back
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I asked before I saw page 6 hehe
It's Latin people
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Plus, "deus ex" makes more sense than "deuce ex" which makes no sense.
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So I bring them to the actual dvd/media remotes for the systems and they're like, naw dog, a controller
And I'm like fucking say that then
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neither make sense to me =/
.... Well they're both "remote controllers", they both control things remotely.