Why can NOBODY spell "Mac OS X" correctly? This guy has an excuse; he's
not American, British, Australian, a New Zealander or a South African,
so
English probably isn't his first language. Nevertheless, I have seen
(and
usually from native English speakers!) such abominations as:
* "Apple Max OS"
* "Max Unix OS"
* "Max OS"
* "Macintosh OS X" (No, it's "Mac OS"; has Apple _EVER_ referred to
"Macintosh OS X" in their ads or legalese? Even ONCE!?)
* "MAC OS" (ditto "MAC", which most people use in place of "Mac"-- e.g.
"MAC and PC"; no, "Mac" is NOT an acronym and should NOT be
capitalized!)
What in the WORLD is wrong? Nobody seems to have problems spelling
"Microsoft Windows" (though most people think "Microsoft", "Windows"
and
"PC" are all synonyms; e.g. "This game is only available for the PC"
(read: for PCs which happen to run Windows) or "We run Microsoft here."
(read: "we run Windows here")). Why does everyone (including
Mac users!) continually butcher the name "Mac OS X"?! It's only 8
characters, including spaces; how hard could it possibly be!?
Say it with me.
1) "Mac" (as in "Macintosh"; not "MAC", which is a networking term)
2) "OS" (short for "Operating System")
3) "X".
as in 10
There, that wasn't so hard now, was it!?
Maybe 50% of the time (or more), I see "Mac OS X" misrendered. I only
see
Windows's name similarly mangled a tiny percentage of the time, with
lunacies such as:
* Microsoft OS
* Win OS
* Windows OS
* XP OS
* Microsoft XP
But it seems like someone will mangle the name of our beloved Mac OS X
as
often as not.
It's VERY telling about how little the masses know about something when
they consistently misspell its very NAME...
if you don't know the answer and have nothing constructive to say ....
start a blog
alternatively, can someone forward me the attachment so I can have a
crack at it
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
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