Silly name, silly company, silly product?economist.com 7 pointscarnevalem15 years ago5 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−nailer15yI notice then when reading about Nvidia. Officially, since about five years ago, they've decided that the proper written form is NVIDIA. It seems shouty and aggressive.−philwelch15yBasically the corporate "metal umlaut" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut).−seertaak15yI agree with the author, but wasn't it a tad hypocritical to use the the "cute" spelling of "want to"? ("wanna")−iamwil15yTell squatters to get off their domain names, then come back to me.−wlievens15yYeah, everything is someone else's fault!
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I notice then when reading about Nvidia. Officially, since about five years ago, they've decided that the proper written form is NVIDIA. It seems shouty and aggressive.
Basically the corporate "metal umlaut" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut).
I agree with the author, but wasn't it a tad hypocritical to use the the "cute" spelling of "want to"? ("wanna")
Tell squatters to get off their domain names, then come back to me.
Yeah, everything is someone else's fault!