Author Topic: Wii - One Syllable Word (Read 10115 times)

vudu · « **on:** June 22, 2006, 11:29:30 AM »

I didn't really see a good place to put this, so I had to start a new thread.

There's an article over at Yahoo News called Most common nouns in English. It has absolutely nothing to do with Wii.

However, there was one thing that I found pretty interesting.

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"The thing that struck me when I put together this list was that 90 percent of the top 100 words were one syllable," Stevenson said.

I know a lot of people were complaining that the name was too short when the final console name was first announced (myself included). Having a name with just one syllable felt odd. However, it seems like that's not the case afterall.

Perhaps Nintendo was right all along.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2006, 11:48:00 AM »

I always felt one syllable was nothing but an advantage. Of course, I liked the name in general, but the number of syllables really doesn't matter. Now there's no need to ever shorten the name.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #2 on:** June 22, 2006, 12:44:57 PM »

What's the most popular word in the English language? F*ck. It's got to be. It's the only word I've heard used by people speaking a non-English language as part of their regular speech. It's pretty much become a universal word, understood by all languages. It's one syllable so maybe Nintendo is on to something.

But then I never had any objection to the length of the name. I just thought it was a really stupid name (and still do).

mantidor · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2006, 12:52:17 PM »

one sillable names are great, I really didn't see any complains about the name for being short. actually I was sure the name was going to be "go", or "rs", or maybe "N5", and the rumored names were for the most part really short. Being short is not what made a lot of people to hate the name.

JonLeung · « **Reply #4 on:** June 22, 2006, 12:57:19 PM »

Hey, cool, vudu quoted me!

But anyway, I'm not surprised that the most common nouns are one-syllable. But then again why complicate things? When man started with language and started naming things, it's not like they were going to overcomplicate things. Even if they did, by the time English came around, laziness probably ensured that we'd use "dog" over "canine" and etc.

Even long words and phrases are likely to be shortened over time. No one even says something as short as "What is up?" when they could say "What's up?" then "Wazzup?" or "'Sup?" Next thing you know we'll just be saying "Up?"

I notice there are a lot of movies in the past decade that are just one word, or "The [___]". No one ever makes movies with crazy titles like "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" anymore.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #5 on:** June 22, 2006, 01:18:49 PM »

"I notice there are a lot of movies in the past decade that are just one word, or "The [___]". No one ever makes movies with crazy titles like "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" anymore."

What about Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World or Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl?

There was a little phase a few years back where every film had a long name with a useless sub-title.

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #6 on:** June 22, 2006, 01:25:32 PM »

Ian: Actually I would bet Love is more used and universally understood than the good ole F word.

I am sure there are others as well. As in Me or I.

The Omen · « **Reply #7 on:** June 22, 2006, 01:28:26 PM »

I don't recall anyone complaining about one syllable. I recall people complaining about the horrid faux word, Wii.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #8 on:** June 22, 2006, 01:30:24 PM »

"Ian: Actually I would bet Love is more used and universally understood than the good ole F word."

You ever hear people who don't speak English suddenly just plug "love" into the middle of their sentence? I swear to God aliens would come to Earth and the first thing they would say would be "BLOOGA BLOOGA F*CK ARKEN BLOOGA".

Kairon · « **Reply #9 on:** June 22, 2006, 01:34:17 PM »

I guess it all depends on what type of company you keep.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Dozy Boy · « **Reply #10 on:** June 22, 2006, 01:46:41 PM »

I just registered to say that the most common English word spoken globally is actually "okay."
I saw it on one of the big evening news shows a while back. I suppose it had been a slow news day.

Okay, bye.

Kairon · « **Reply #11 on:** June 22, 2006, 01:48:50 PM »

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Originally posted by: Dozy Boy
I just registered to say that the most common English word spoken globally is actually "okay."
I saw it on one of the big evening news shows a while back. I suppose it had been a slow news day.

Okay, bye.

Okay.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

ThePerm · « **Reply #12 on:** June 22, 2006, 02:07:32 PM »

wouldnt it be the, or maybe is....

EasyCure · « **Reply #13 on:** June 22, 2006, 02:21:30 PM »

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Originally posted by: JonLeung
Hey, cool, vudu quoted me!

But anyway, I'm not surprised that the most common nouns are one-syllable. But then again why complicate things? When man started with language and started naming things, it's not like they were going to overcomplicate things. Even if they did, by the time English came around, laziness probably ensured that we'd use "dog" over "canine" and etc.

Even long words and phrases are likely to be shortened over time. No one even says something as short as "What is up?" when they could say "What's up?" then "Wazzup?" or "'Sup?" Next thing you know we'll just be saying "Up?"

I notice there are a lot of movies in the past decade that are just one word, or "The [___]". No one ever makes movies with crazy titles like "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" anymore.

SNAKES ON A PLANE!

hm...my suggestion for the most popular word in english would either be the f-bomb that ian suggested, or "like".
working at a mall thats the only word you ever hear:

"so like......i like...and totally like....and he like......so i like.....and then like......"

ShyGuy · « **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2006, 03:45:20 PM »

Ian is one syllable. Wii is one syllable. Coincedence or Greater Conspiracy? More at eleven.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2006, 04:24:23 PM »

How the crap is "Ian" one syllable?

And yes I have heard "love" and "I love you" used a lot in other languages.

EasyCure · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2006, 05:09:26 PM »

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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
How the crap is "Ian" one syllable?

And yes I have heard "love" and "I love you" used a lot in other languages.

haha good one, i didnt even catch that!

ShyGuy · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2006, 05:31:21 PM »

Isn't it pronounced een?

Guitar Smasher · « **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2006, 05:36:58 PM »

"ee-an"

Ceric · « **Reply #19 on:** June 22, 2006, 06:50:38 PM »

Your guys brain is old. It needs training. Defeated by mere Syllabels...

IceCold · « **Reply #20 on:** June 22, 2006, 07:58:28 PM »

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Originally posted by: Dozy Boy
I just registered to say that the most common English word spoken globally is actually "okay."
I saw it on one of the big evening news shows a while back. I suppose it had been a slow news day.

Okay, bye.

Wow.

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I notice there are a lot of movies in the past decade that are just one word, or "The [___]". No one ever makes movies with crazy titles like "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" anymore.

Attack of the 50 Foot Irma!

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Your guys brain is old. It needs training. Defeated by mere Syllabels...

That makes two of you..

ShyGuy · « **Reply #21 on:** June 22, 2006, 09:55:07 PM »

http://www.stanthecaddy.com/ian-discuss.html
This is where I was confused, you syllellaabeble snobs

Ian Sane · « **Reply #22 on:** June 23, 2006, 07:56:47 AM »

For the record my name is pronounced ee-ahn. I did have a Scottish teacher however who called me een. And another teacher who called me Aaron. She was kind of an idiot.

JonLeung · « **Reply #23 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:14:59 AM »

Brain Age's Syllable Count confuses me with words like "duel" and "smile". Are those two syllables or one?

mantidor · « **Reply #24 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:30:16 AM »

what? brain age has syllable count? thats really hard in english for me, you break words in a weird way.

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Author Topic: Wii - One Syllable Word (Read 10115 times)