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Blind
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Hey... how do you pronounce Wacom? I always thought it was WAY-kom, but when I called tech support for something, the woman on the recording said WAH-kem, kind of like "whack 'em". What's up with that?
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DuKEZ
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2000 7:45 am |
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i call it wah-com (like a baby crying wah + dot"com")
shrug
whats up with calling tech support? :P |
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Nex
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2000 8:20 am |
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It was founded by a Japanese (Azuma Murakami) So I guess its pronounced like DuKEZ said.
EDIT:
"The company name is derived from wa = harmony com = computer." - WACOM history on their homepage
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nori
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2000 9:02 am |
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I pronounce it "starfucker"
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Tinusch
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2000 9:16 am |
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| There was a thread about this awhile back, a few people called tech support and the people there called it "WAH-COM". That's "wah" as in wand or waffle. |
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WacoMonkey
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2000 10:02 am |
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Just to head off another thread like this, I'll just state for the record that my name is pronounced "Whack-a-Monkey", like Whack-a-Mole.
Since I know you were all paralysed by the uncertainty of it all... |
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Blind
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2000 12:53 pm |
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Hehehe... only had to call tech support because I was being a jackass. I wanted to take my serial 4X5 off my PC and put it on the G4, so I bought a KeySpan serial-to-USB adapter (very good, BTW). I was trying to configure the driver for a USB connect, but it wasn't seeing the tablet. You think I'd try the serial option? Of course not, but Whack 'em tech support set me straight >8)
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Danny
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2000 11:29 pm |
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you people are weird...
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