Comments on: WTF Wisconsin http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: rose http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-369845 rose Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:57:35 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14720#comment-369845 npr did a story on weekend edition and they interviewed eli altman, a naming & branding strategist from a hundred monkeys. he blogged about the story and had some great thoughts: http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/acronym-names/ npr did a story on weekend edition and they interviewed eli altman, a naming & branding strategist from a hundred monkeys. he blogged about the story and had some great thoughts: http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/acronym-names/

]]> By: Enyap http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-369544 Enyap Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:50:59 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14720#comment-369544 DaveG, that's nothing compared to what Cleveland has to put up with. DaveG, that’s nothing compared to what Cleveland has to put up with.

]]> By: Tom http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-369543 Tom Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:47:07 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14720#comment-369543 It could have been a great advertising campaign: introduce surprising things about the state, and then close with the tagline "Wisconsin. WTF." It could have been a great advertising campaign: introduce surprising things about the state, and then close with the tagline “Wisconsin. WTF.”

]]> By: perlhaqr http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-369518 perlhaqr Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:04:14 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14720#comment-369518 And yet, they didn't bother to find out that the new acronym is frequently used as shorthand for "Totally Fucking Wasted". *tsk* And yet, they didn’t bother to find out that the new acronym is frequently used as shorthand for “Totally Fucking Wasted”. *tsk*

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-369488 Anonymous Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:47:56 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14720#comment-369488 Chris, are you talking about IBM's Class Lab International Technical Support? Chris, are you talking about IBM’s Class Lab International Technical Support?

]]> By: DaveG http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-369481 DaveG Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:58:30 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14720#comment-369481 Chris in AL- I hope Birmingham doesn't change it's name due to it's association with the Birmingham Booty Call Chris in AL-
I hope Birmingham doesn’t change it’s name due to it’s association with the Birmingham Booty Call

]]> By: Chris in AL http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-369475 Chris in AL Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:10:42 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14720#comment-369475 This is ridiculous beyond words. What juveniles our alleged grownups are. They have had that acronym for 30 years. Now, because that acronym is also an acronym for something else they are going to change it? Wusses. It is like the hand gesture "the shocker". Because someone came up with a dirty meaning for another configuration of your fingers, now kids get suspended for it. Where does it end? So if we start an internet meme using a dirty word within the acronym USA, like maybe "you stupid a**hole", are we going to change that too? I wonder how many others are going to start changing their names because some could conceivably attribute and alternative meaning to their acronym? I am talking to you IBM. usa's. This is ridiculous beyond words. What juveniles our alleged grownups are. They have had that acronym for 30 years. Now, because that acronym is also an acronym for something else they are going to change it? Wusses.

It is like the hand gesture “the shocker”. Because someone came up with a dirty meaning for another configuration of your fingers, now kids get suspended for it. Where does it end?

So if we start an internet meme using a dirty word within the acronym USA, like maybe “you stupid a**hole”, are we going to change that too?

I wonder how many others are going to start changing their names because some could conceivably attribute and alternative meaning to their acronym?

I am talking to you IBM. usa’s.

]]> By: The Dude http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-369466 The Dude Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:29:57 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14720#comment-369466 Internet love can get sticky... Internet love can get sticky…

]]> By: tariqata http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-369445 tariqata Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:37:58 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14720#comment-369445 That's not quite as disappointing as when the Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance Party dropped the Conservative and Reform from their name, but really, people need to embrace these little moments of hilarity. That’s not quite as disappointing as when the Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance Party dropped the Conservative and Reform from their name, but really, people need to embrace these little moments of hilarity.

]]> By: Jo3sh http://www.theagitator.com/2009/10/02/wtf-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-369440 Jo3sh Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:16:42 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14720#comment-369440 That would have made a great Internet ad campaign: WTF, Cheeseheads? That would have made a great Internet ad campaign: WTF, Cheeseheads?

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