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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 63 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

At work I see more and more people call their computers "labtops" instead of "laptops". A Michael wave doesn't surprise me.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago

We've been sharing this one

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dang, that labtop is so old it has a dialup modem built-in.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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. 😅

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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My husband says pobcorn just to fuck with me, I hate it so bad but I can't help laughing

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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...?^

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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)

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Least tech informed Minnesotan.

[–] monotremata@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Clearly something is pushing in the direction of voiced instead. The ultimate form is presumably "lambdop."

[–] Mickey7@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trying to politely correct everyone is like hurting cats.

[–] crapton_america@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Please don’t hurt the cats.

[–] oo1@lemmings.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

I only use my Erin Friar these days.

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] muyessir@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

You are the source of bone apple tea-isms

[–] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I tell people I need to use the mushroom. …50/50 recognition.

I need to use the mushroom

Is what a talking sled dog would say when in need of a pee break.

[–] finley@lemm.ee 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No, that was my mom.

Edit: oh lol it's a real thing

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of the truth behind Michaelsoft Binbows: https://youtu.be/yDzAAjzbV5g :)

[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Love this video. Such devotion to Michaelsoft Binbows.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As a veteran dumper of useful stuff in the street, this is missing a magical word:

WORKS!

This is especially important during the age of CRT monitors since mischief-makers are glad to assume otherwise and smash the tube.

This magic word makes stuff disappear twice as fast.

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Tried it with the dishes in my sink...they are still there am I doing it wrong?

[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago

Heee heeee ding !

“Dinner is ready”

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I know we should all be used to it by now but it's crazy to me that Daewoo makes everything from heavy equipment to container ships to cars to microwaves. Imagine having a refrigerator with a Chrysler badge on it.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hitachi is another another. Hydraulic excavators, air conditioners, elevators, vibrators, and ultrasound machines (for when you trade the vibrator in for the real thing. Either way they have a product for you).

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Philips makes everything from TVs to vital life or death monitoring equipment to barbeque grills.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Take a look at this badass black Peugeot !

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago
[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As a kid, my family's first VCR was a Daewoo. Imagine my surprise when we passed some road construction and I saw the Daewoo excavators and other heavy machinery. Later on, a girl in my highschool class had a Daewoo car. That one blew my mind even more for some reason.

edit: forgot a word

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Ok that's a pretty cool design for a microwave tho

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

I have that microwave, my only complaint is that it's a little small. The knob is much nicer than buttons

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[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FREE MICHAEL HE DINDO NUFFIN

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just a heads up "Dindu Nuffin" is something racists call black people on hate sites.

[–] locahosr443@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Wtf is wrong with those people... Don't answer, not worth it

[–] Ravi@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago

Chef Michael "Mike" Wave, pay him some respect...

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

I like listening to Michael-wave 😎🎶🪇

free microwave oven transformer? yes please

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Can't properly spell "microwave," can properly spell "Michael?"

[–] mfdoom@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Probably full of tubberware

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago

The Michael wave everyone knows:

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

just get it out of my sight

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