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Public service announcement

Attention please:

“VoIP” is not a verb.

Thank you.

(Honestly I’d be happy if people didn’t treat it as a single word, but I think that’s a lost cause.)

Comments 8

  1. substitute wrote:

    I AM VOIPCASTING MY PODBLOG BUT I’LL REFRAIN FROM REFERRING TO THIS AS “VOIPING” IF THIS IS NOT THE PROPER TERMINOLOGY. ANYHOO, SEE YOU AT THE NEXT WARTAGGING MEETUP!!

    Posted 21 Oct 2005 at 7:24 pm
  2. Rich wrote:

    T IGNATZ I’LL SIP YOU LATER K

    Posted 21 Oct 2005 at 7:31 pm
  3. fweebles wrote:

    IHNJ,IJLS “VOIP”.

    Posted 21 Oct 2005 at 8:00 pm
  4. srl wrote:

    VOIP VOIP VOIP

    Posted 21 Oct 2005 at 9:24 pm
  5. friendly_bandit wrote:

    What about “Netflix” or “Google?”

    Posted 21 Oct 2005 at 9:37 pm
  6. Rich wrote:

    Next thing you know you’re going to tell me that different words are used differently!

    Seriously, though, I don’t hear anyone using it in the industry, except for Vonage commercials. It sounds like saying you’re going to “SMTP someone”. No, you’re going to email them, or you’re going to call them.

    Posted 21 Oct 2005 at 10:28 pm
  7. node wrote:

    <etc> i am in a 6 hour nortel voip training session. online, of course,
    using voip.
    <self> a webinar?
    <self> oh, voip.
    <meta> a voipinar
    <self> sounds like a poisonous snake
    <meta> or a race of aliens on star trek
    <meta> ‘captain, voipinar ship approaching!’
    <self> shields up!
    <self> mr spock, scan their ship for lifeforms! beam any hot female
    aliens to my quarters immediately!

    Posted 22 Oct 2005 at 5:11 am
  8. Rich wrote:

    Ow ow ow. And don’t start me on webinar, either. Weben everywhere!

    Posted 22 Oct 2005 at 12:49 pm