Simple response/answer to Sony that took me seconds to realize: when people see a triangle, they call it a "triangle." Same idea for a square and circle. However, I (and I think that many would agree) don't think that the button in question would be referred to as a "cross" by most people. A cross to most people is what people (like Jesus) were left to die on back in the day. In other words, the easiest thing to associate with the "X" button is the letter. It's possible that in Japan, people refer to that as a "cross." However, it is definitely not common in other countries (such as Canada and The United States) to think of it as a "cross."
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I read about this about a week or so ago and thought "who really cares?". I'm going to start calling it the "zenko" button, that should really upset that one person at Sony.
When I was a child I had a learn-to-spell 'game' on the Amiga (I think it was called Let's Spell). You selected an item in the picture (it was a house and you could go into different rooms to choose items related to that room). When you typed in the letters (or maybe you clicked them?) it read them out, but it didn't pronounce x as 'ex', it pronounced it as 'ksss' (think hissing k). I have forever looked at standalone xs (the x) as 'ksss'.
Also, how the fuck is a working class child of 8 or 9 growing up in the UK going to know what a bidet is, let alone how to spell it?!
Also, how the fuck is a working class child of 8 or 9 growing up in the UK going to know what a bidet is, let alone how to spell it?!
There's a greek letter that makes that ksss sound called ksi which is what the X is probably derived from. The greek X makes an H sound, and there's no H, but there's a letter that looks like an H (only the capital one though) and it makes the EEEE sound.Baffle2 said:
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I always through that was pronounced 'kai' (assuming you mean the chi, which does look like an X).Dreiko said:There's a greek letter that makes that ksss sound called ksi which is what the X is probably derived from. The greek X makes an H sound, and there's no H, but there's a letter that looks like an H (only the capital one though) and it makes the EEEE sound.
Fun!
As a journalist by trade I get fairly sick of the constant media bashing, especially in a forum here where "the media sux" is a pretty far stretch from the topic at hand. I got a call yesterday from an angry, old, listener. Our ID sweeper contains an invitation to download our android app. The old man was furious that we were advertising a phone app because he didn't have a smartphone. "Not everyone has a smartphone you know," he shouted at me. I replied, "that invitation... that wasn't for you. Our broadcasts aren't directed specifically at you. There are other people... some of them even have smartphones. That message was for them. I suggest you just ignore the 2 second message that doesn't apply to you specifically."bluegate said:
So that article. The one you find so insignificant. It wasn't written for YOU. There are other people on this planet, some of which may enjoy reading that article. Its for them... and thats OK. You can ignore it... and that's OK too.
If I may now go back to being on topic. It is x... not cross. Just like it is gif, not "jiff." If it was "always" supposed to be the other way it should have been made clear from the beginning.
