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How can a conversation about piss ever be boring? All the time.

I hate to make you look even more silly, but you give me no choice: 1. You were talking about pronunciation, not context, and appeared to be trying to say that 'we' and 'wee' are pronounced differently, which they are clearly not 2. 'Wii', as in the console, is a noun. 'We' is never used as a noun, whereas 'wee' is. See, you argument is flawed on at least two levels. But really, why are we being so fucking pedantic? I'm going for a wee.

Oh dear. Nintendo might use the word 'we' on their website to describe the pronunciation, but this does not change the fact that 'wee' sounds exactly the same. You don't appear to have quite grasped that concept.

I think you're underestimating the name's importance to be honest. But anyway, like I said, we'll talk again 5 years down the line after 'Wii' has been a commercial failure. I don't know if this has occurred to you, but 'we', 'wee', and 'wii' are all pronounced the same.

Koch distributing Wii? :laughing: Honestly, you couldn't make this stuff up!

I think you're all missing the point to be honest. The name may not matter to the majority of you, but that's because you're all Nintendo fans, are you not? Of course you're all going to buy it. However, Nintendo need to sell consoles to the average guy on the street. They already have a tough task, up against two well established, immensely powerful brands, and a majority of the public are/will be sceptical about the unauthodox hardware Nintendo are trying to sell. Up until yesterday, they were doing all the right things - a super sexy, sleek console and a codename that really showed what the console was about. 'Revolution' would have sold consoles. 'Wii' will not. And it is particularly sad that Nintendo have spent millions on this when anyone who knows his head from his arse could have given them a better one for free. And please, can we stop making comparisons to Google, iPod, etc.? Unusual names, yes, but I don't believe that those words are popular slang for 'urine' in any significant part of the world. Flame me if you want, it's what Nintendo fanboys do best. And we'll have this conversation again in 5 years' time, when Nintendo are occupying exactly the same place as they are today in the console market: last.

I can;t believe the level of fanboyism in this thread. Anyone who sees the name 'Wii' as anything but a cock up of monumental proportions is naive.

I love the way they go on about the name being appropriate for the whole world, yet somehow fail to realise that it actually means 'urine' in one of their largest markets.

Random person: 'Hi, where have you been?' Me: 'Oh, I've just been playing with my wee.' (apologies if that joke has been done, I couldn't be arsed reading the entire thread)

No, that's pathetic! I hate all these people who turn up wearing suits and say they're an FBI agent/gangster/James Bond etc. etc. etc. Although I have to admit I've pulled that one myself on the odd occasion. And while we're helping Moria out, why not help me too? I'm going to the 'Great British Ent' on saturday night. Should be fairly easy but I've not thought too much about it yet. There's loads of England-related stuff in the shops at the moment so that could be helpful. Hmmm...

But it is possible to enjoy hip-hop music without acting like a complete dick. That's why we hate him. He's a dick, nothing to do with his tastes in music.

A few months ago, we started getting mail for some random guy in Bristol. We do not live anywhere near Bristol, the guy's name was not in any way similar to that of me or my family, and nor were the addresses. And this wasn't just once, it went on for about a week. HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO FUCKING RETARDED?! And you know how when you're not in when a parcel is delivered, and they take it to the sorting office and you have to trek to the other side of fucking town to collect it? Then when you get there it's closed? Fucking annoying, isn't it? Why can't they just leave it with a neighbour like in the good old days? Well, imagine my delight when I found that they had not taken my DS to the sorting office. No. But they hadn't left it safely with one of my firnedly neighbours either. THEY HAD LEFT 130 FUCKING QUID'S WORTH OF SHIT OUTSIDE THE BACK FUCKING DOOR! Morons. /rant

Apparently, the average person is likely to change their marriage more often than their newspaper. Just a little random fact for you. <--- Awesome smiley btw

Which newspapers does everyone read, if any? I just thought I would ask this as I settle down with a cup of coffee and the Daily Telegraph, my publication of choice.

Wow, this thread does so much to reinforce stereotypes of internet videogame forums. My life is pretty good. I'm in my first year of uni and thoroughly enjoying it. The course is interesting and I seem to be doing pretty well at it, and I have a good social life. Liverpool are doing well which always makes me happy. I just wish I had more money. I also wish I knew where my life was going after uni, because I haven't a fucking clue career-wise.

The best nights out for me involve getting absolutely smashed then heading to Klute.

Westwood was on Soccer AM on Saturday, and I couldn't stop laughing at his utter retardedness. A black guy might be able to get away with talking like that and making silly hand gestures at every opportunity, but this guy looks like a complete prick. Kudos to the guy that egged him.

Wow. Just, wow.

'Carlsberg don't do pub teams... but if they did, they'd probably be the best pub team in the world.' http://www.oldlions.co.uk/ads.html

It's OK, I have uni exams coming up in a few weeks and I've hardly done any revision yet. But I plan to go to the library in the morning and not leave for 4 weeks.

Shit, totally forgot about St. George's day until I saw this. :shock:

In the past, each country had a panel of 'experts' who decided who to give their points to, and traditionally this would be their neighbours/friends/nations they'd rather not piss off. There is now supposedly a telephone vote in each country, although, inexplicably, political voting still appears to be rife, especially among the eastern Europeans.

For those of you with Sky Sports, may I suggest watching the FA Youth Cup Final tonight? I was at Anfield for the first leg, and was really impressed by the standard. It was really entertaining. Oh and watch out for a guy called Paul Anderson, he's awesome.

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