__/ [ Paul ] on Saturday 10 June 2006 18:00 \__
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:45:52 +0200, Borek
> <m.borkowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>http://www.emolecules.com/doc/google_vs_chmoogle/index.htm
> Jeez
> What is this world coming to ?
I think the world is coming _from_ a little garage, but soon grows wings and
exhibit vanity. I noticed in the past that they registered g00gle.com
> What about the word "polo"
>
> Polo sweets
> Polo car
> Polo shirt
I guess it was Chmoogle as in "Google Schmoogle", which can be perceived as
offensive at worst.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
,----[ Quote ]
| The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol," [2] which
| refers to 10100(a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros).
`----
> Thats 3 that come to mind. How can anyone confuse Chmoogle with google
> is beyond me.
>
> Thanks for highlighting that Borek.
Yup. Thanks. Do know (sic) evil? I guess I now have an excuse to eradicating
para-sites. *smile*
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/09/16/domain-misspelled/
Best wishes,
Roy
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