tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post116878775598430916..comments2024-03-28T09:05:22.006+00:00Comments on The IPKat: WIPO logo competition - oh, the embarrassment!Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1169385029185310722007-01-21T13:10:00.000+00:002007-01-21T13:10:00.000+00:00What rubbish about Francophones and WIPO!! They pr...What rubbish about Francophones and WIPO!! They pronounce it as OMPI (a kind of cross-cultural reference OM - as in Eastern meditation - and Pee. It stands for Organisation Mondiale de la Propriete [the 2 e-s shd have an acute accent] Intellectuelle.<BR/>TiborAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1168886238393548002007-01-15T18:37:00.000+00:002007-01-15T18:37:00.000+00:00Now that most of the English-speaking world calls ...Now that most of the English-speaking world calls WIPO "why-po" (though many Francophones and other speakers of Latin tongues prefer "wee-po"), it seems strange to recall that Dr Arpad Bogsch - Director General of WIPO for a NEVER-to-be-repeated 24 years - refused to allow staff to pronounce it as "why-po", declaring that it sounded like a brand of toilet paper. But, as we see, branding has come a long way since he retired in 1997 and it is doubtful that any manufacturer of toilet roll would want to associate its product with the profitable and enterprising UN agency.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1168884601992214462007-01-15T18:10:00.000+00:002007-01-15T18:10:00.000+00:00There must be room for the EPO and UK PO here, as ...There must be room for the EPO and UK PO here, as in:<BR/><BR/>E,Po; why Po ?; oh, him; *UK Po. <BR/><BR/>Enough. Jeremy call a halt please we're all going mad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1168855247788162542007-01-15T10:00:00.000+00:002007-01-15T10:00:00.000+00:00Will the author of the previous comment please own...Will the author of the previous comment please own up? If this isn't a strong candidate for "most agonising pun of the year", I don't know what is!Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1168854557813804772007-01-15T09:49:00.000+00:002007-01-15T09:49:00.000+00:00Why Po? Oh, him!Why Po? Oh, him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com