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> No, because people aren't complete idiots.

Sweet summer child.

http://www.gentside.com/le-bon-coin/le-bon-coin-un-ordinateu...

http://i.imgur.com/4nMqG8C.png

http://www.jofogas.hu/veszprem/Sony_mio_laptop_elado_6040346...

http://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/sony-mio-pcg-6e1m-laptop-o...

https://www.olx.in/item/sony-wio-laptop-ID19koWZ.html

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This is still my favorite:

http://imgur.com/gallery/BZ9fPe1

Hah! That's a good one.

BTW, for context, I think that conversation took place in Singapore. "Challenger" is the name of a chain of computer megastores here. "Simi" is local slang for "What's up."

Hey, thanks for the context. I had wondered what Simi meant.

No problem. For reference, here's what Wikipedia [1] says:

"Si Mi - Hokkien - "What?" - From Hokkien term 甚物 (sím-mi̍h) (may also be written as 啥物 or 啥咪). Mandarin equivalent of 什么.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish_vocabulary

Change languages and you're in a whole other world.

Have an Argentine (for example) pronounce Yosemite National Park for you.

Or for that matter, ask an English speaker to pronounce Habanero (there's no ñ) or someone from the East Coast to say Oregon or Puyallup.

While those are words and names, examples abound in marketing.

But to continue my example, Argentines already pronounce Mozilla differently than an English speaker, or other Spanish speakers for that matter! So this should be nothing new.

"Moh-see-jah"

I always got a kick how google/apple maps used to pronounce Sepulveda Blvd in Los Angeles. (Or almost any street name with a Spanish name)

Using stuff like Here Maps, Apple Maps (and probably Google Maps too) when driving around Argentina is a real laugh.

Puy = The same sound as the word "pew", like a church pew.

Allup = Al + Up. Like "Gallop" without the g.

Sequim is still my favorite Washington place :)

http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/pronounce-washington-nam...

Said "squim", FYI.

But now we're just reaching for absurdities. I live near Tooele, UT (too-il-uh), and my uncle lives in Hurricane, UT (her-i-ken).

I thought Hurricane was just pronounced "her-ken". Also: "creek" in UT is pronounced "crick".

That's not the Wikipedia pronunciation ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane,_Utah ), but it's probably said that way too.

As an Argentina (born and living in AR), I can assure you we pronounce Mozilla almost identically. The Z might sound softer (like it does in "song"), but that's it.

The people from the above examples are just holding laptops upside down, there's no language involved there.

MOST people aren't complete idiots. Clarifying your logo isn't going to make the idiots suddenly smart.

Not to mention dy.

http://s176.photobucket.com/user/trkraus/media/DSC_0103.jpg....

Tbh, SNSV is a perfectly valid reading for the first two. That one's just a shitty font.

And VAIO is a kinda poorly designed logo; you only know it's supposed to say VAIO because someone told you...

Easier to read if you know it stands for Video Audio Integrated Operation

I used both snsv and Jade laptops, I think snsv is by far a better brand

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