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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

FAQ: the winner

On Friday we asked you to put forward your nominations for the silliest, stupidest or plain wrongingest name in the whole of the technology world.

Twenty five of you put your penneth in, with some fun results. DJ Mikey C came close with his offering - "I hate these new names like Blackberry. What's wrong with Super-Gadget-o-porto-mail or something?" - and Dan P did well to point out the stupidly monickered Wooo.co.uk.

The winner, however, is Andy Holyer - who appealed to my baser instincts with his story of switch manufacturer GPT.



They had terrible trouble when they opened their Paris office, since if you read out "GPT" in French, it sounds like "J'ai Pété" (which means "I have Farted").



I have spoken to resident Guardian Towers Francophile Jon Henley and he confirms this as the truth - and reminded me of the Toyota MR2, which had similar translation problems in France.

Bravo!

Andy's prize is a copy of "Get Your War On" by our cartoonist David Rees - send me an email, sir, (to bobbie.johnson@theguardian.com) and I'll forward it on to you.

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