OT: International Homographs WAS: Re: Linux taking over

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> From: Cole Tuininga <colet at code-energy.com>
> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:21:28 -0500

> Imagine a car company in the US marketing a vehicle called the "Nogo".
> I doubt it would get out of that lightly.

The English language example which the snopes entry uses is the
hypothetical brand name "Notable", which can be misread as either "No
table" or "Not able".

> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> >> A: Top-posting.        
> >>> Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?

I love that .sig.