At work I see more and more people call their computers “labtops” instead of “laptops”. A Michael wave doesn’t surprise me.
When I was a kid we had a Compaq Presario 9500 that came preinstalled with voicemail software that supported having multiple voicemail boxes with speech recognition (c. 1995).
I really thought that was going to be the future and wanted my parents to use it so bad at the time. 😅
My husband says pobcorn just to fuck with me, I hate it so bad but I can’t help laughing
Wot. That’s crazy. “Labtop” is harder to pronounce (minimally so but still) with voiced b immediately followed by voiceless t. Everything I know about linguistics (not that much, tbh) tells me that, if anything, a thing called “labtop” should over time evolve to be called “laptop”*, because it’s easier on the speaker with voiceless p and t.
^* … maybe even lappop…?^
Yeah it blew me away too. I had thought I’d heard a b sound a few times while talking to people but it wasn’t until someone sent in their device with a note attached that I realized it was a real thing. I’ve seen it a few more times since then (email, etc)
This means it’s time for you to change the next letter until you’ve made a completely different word.
I suggest changing the o to an a
Labtap.
It is interesting how some terms over time are mispronounced and spelled incorrectly. And those doing it have no clue as to the actual term and how it is spelled
I only use my Erin Friar these days.
Michael wave is one of those terms I’ve started using just to see if people will notice or address that it’s wrong. Like asking someone to pass the Parmesan cheese but calling it the paramecium cheese/paracetamol cheese/Paris Olympian cheese/parenthetical cheese
Just imagine being the person who went their entire life believing the word “microwave“ was actually “Michael wave“. What was that person’s life like?
I bet it was pretty crazy.
I would suggest illiteracy, yet they were able to write the note. One ad for appliances, a trip through an appliance section in a store…heck, it’s probably spelled out on the actual microwave itself and would show someone how it’s spelled.
I’d suggest it’s deliberately misspelled for effect, but the number of people who keep wrecking basic words like “could of”, too/to, there/their/they’re despite there being plenty of correct examples to read in daily life is far too high for me to assume someone wouldn’t be ignorant, willfully or otherwise.
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I’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of the truth behind Michaelsoft Binbows: https://youtu.be/yDzAAjzbV5g :)
