> TV is not a native word in their language either, is it? That's a presumptious statement, since I didn't even tell you which country I was in! But to answer it, yes, TV is one of the very few adopted English words. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc Schneiders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lee Hodgson - DomainGuideBook.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 9:51 PM Subject: Re: dotTV > On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, at 20:26 [=GMT+0700], Lee Hodgson - DomainGuideBook.com...: > > [People in South East Asia know what TV is, but not what NET is.] > [I wrote:] > > > Those 90 that would not know, are they on the internet? > > > > Some are, some aren't, but in the next few years, most will be. And many > > people here that have internet access don't really know what it stands for. > > Meaning they do not speak even some English? I would guess they get a > clue quickly, when starting to use and know the net. > > TV is not a native word in their language either, is it? > > > I realize in the States people are better informed. > > And in other countries where NET is a word in the local language (like > Holland), or some slight variant thereof (like NETZ in Germany). It is > easier for them. But as the word TV became common everywhere with the > introduction of TV's, so will the word NET with the introduction of > the net. > > Then you do not want a dot.TV anymore. Domain names require > planning. Techniques become outdated. You don't want them in your > domain name then any more. Will we still use TV's in 10 years time? > > -- > Marc Schneiders (rest in header) > > >
