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- From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: Plural of Pentium (was Re: Why not INTEL586?)
- Message-ID: <2134@shaman.wv.tek.com>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 22:31:42 GMT
- References: <1992Nov2.155632.28732@microware.com> <BxBnty.4Gn@inews.Intel.COM> <1992Nov10.114714.21775@maths.tcd.ie>
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- "I don't agree that Pentium is an adjective ... People will use
- Pentium as a noun, no matter what is intended."
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- Under U.S. law, Intel *must* use it as an adjective or they dilute
- their rights to the trademark. The rest of us will use Pentium as a
- noun, just as we use Kleenex as a noun (and Xerox as a verb), and we'll
- get the occasional letter of admonishment from Intel lawyers.
-
- "The ending is all wrong."
-
- In English, "all wrong" never stopped anybody. Other adjectives with
- this ending include medium and premium.
-
- -=- Andrew Klossner (andrew@frip.wv.tek.com)
- (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)
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