p2pnet.net News:- Remember how Nintendo took quite a few media hits when it named its new game box Wii?

It’s pronouncd ‘wee’ which can mean piss, in many parts of the world, or merely very small in others.

Now it seems Bill and the Boyz should have worked a little harder when they selected Zune for their latest toy.

“The name for the device – which will take on the Apple iPod when released later this year – sounds like a vulgarity, specifically the ‘f’ word, in Hebrew,” says ITWorld.com, adding:

“Microsoft breaks the controversy down to pronunciation. ‘While we do acknowledge the similarity in pronunciation to Hebrew zi-yun, that is not the intended meaning of the name Zune,’ according to a Microsoft statement’.”

But, “Bloggers have picked up on the difference – one humorously writing that if you say Zune to rhyme with iTunes, out pops the profanity,” adds the story.

Also See:
Wii – Nintendo WII due December 2, September 14 2006
ITWorld.com – Microsoft Zune: Doesn’t sound sweet to everyone, October 20, 2006

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