Google vs. Holland
Found this gem on Expatica this morning:
Dutch googelen falls foul of Google
It seems that Google doesn't want people to use its brand name as a verb, and they recently sent their laywers out on a letter-writing campaign to quell this trend.
Now, I've been standing by Google for ages now, even as the sourgrapes gang has likened them to "the next Microsoft." I kinda thought they'd be flattered that a nonsensical word like Google would become common vernacular across the world. What kinda name is Google anyway?
Of course my question is: how do you conjugate googelen?
Ik googel
Jij googel
U googelt
Hij googelt
Wij googelen
Zij googelen ?
Gosh, when you conjucate it, it isn't even 'google' in Dutch.
Labels: life in holland
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