Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/10/10/the-climactic-conclusion-to-do.html
…
The new logo still has a dong-like appendage on the O
Making it an inverted Q. How is that pronounced?
2 Likes
That would be an Ø as in Ørsted.
Wiki: Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism. He is still known today for Oersted’s Law.
Pronunciation can be heard here: Pronunciation of Ø in danish
5 Likes
My God who edited that video? Did we really need the same DIC eleven times? It felt like being married.
7 Likes
I knew the name rang a bell.
4 Likes
Americans have consumed Ding Dongs for decades, yet they find this amusing.
1 Like
Not a surprising end result, since most big brands tend to swing their names around.
2 Likes
Missed a golden opportunity! The Dildo Power Corporation [Danish Industrial Light and Dynamic Operations] would have ruled the web!
6 Likes
The “golden” bit would definitely fit into a campaign about how their renewable solar efforts are showering Denmark with energy.
6 Likes
Come again ?
1 Like
“There’s your answer, fish bulb.”
1 Like
A Møøse once bit my sister… No realli!
5 Likes
Or…maybe its an international of power???
2 Likes
I’m the first in with Wang Computers?
5 Likes
Anything that is longer than it is wide is suspect.
Ah, yes, to think that one could have powered one’s Wang by electricity generated by DONG…
2 Likes
How about 15 million Vietnamese dong?
1 Like
But made to look like a power symbol. It is actually pretty clever design.
ETA: Thanks for that pronunciation video. That is shortly going to become my ringtone! “ø…ø…ø”
I had a friend in high school who had a Wang computer. He was named Johnny Wong.
1 Like
