Jeans-maker Wrangler doesn’t want you to go Wrongler.
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Canadian retailer Kit and Ace – see my post about the company name here – is adding coffee shops to its boutiques: The first Sorry Coffee opens tomorrow in Toronto. “Sorry” can mean “worthless” or “inferior,” but here it’s “an attempt to poke fun at Canadians — a winking nod to the quick-to-apologize stereotype,” co-founder J.J. Wilson told the Star. Be sure to pronounce it the Canadian way: SORE-ee.
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Don’t call it a stylus: Last week Apple introduced a device called Pencil that’s designed for use with the iPad and iPhone. FiftyThree, a company based in New York City, also makes a device called Pencil that’s designed for use with the iPad and iPhone. The difference: as of November 2014 FiftyThree has owned a registered trademark for Pencil. Will Apple face a trademark challenge from FiftyThree?
Apple Pencil, $99 (available November)
FiftyThree Pencil, $49.95 (available now)
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Don’t call it pink: What does the new iPhone color “rose gold” signify?
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Bit-O-Honey, Chock Full o’ Nuts, Pair O’ Dice Brewing Company: Those lone Os are “an attempt to mimic pronunciation, but pronunciation is no help in determining whether the O should be capitalized, whether it should be separated from its neighbors by spaces or connected by hyphens, and whether an apostrophe should follow O.”
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How to write a fragrance commercial. (Hat tip: Amanda Peterson.)
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Apparently not contented merely to lead the world in gun violence, Americans are now naming their babies Trigger, Shooter, Caliber, Pistol, and Ruger.
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“Oh my god, I remember when we used to talk about meatspace! Hotlinks! Web rings! Cyber- everything! Portals! Newsgroups and chat rooms! Vaporware! Netiquette! Palm Pilots! Chatterbots! The Jargon File!” A linguist rediscovers Wired Style, a usage guide whose last edition was published in 1999.
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From cattywampus (Alabama) to dout (Wyoming): Welcome to the United Slang of America. And read the comments for some dissenting (and outraged) feedback.
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From Old Uncle Michael to Yeah Hell F**k Die: The most decade-specific words in song titles, 1890s to 2010s.
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