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		<title>WTF can&#8217;t we spell things out?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Charette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to Wal-mart Saturday with my son to get a birthday gift for a party he was going to.  Since he was good in the store I promised him a drink.  He wanted a Mountain Dew.  When he went into the cooler near the registers he saw two different green bottles (one with a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went to Wal-mart Saturday with my son to get a birthday gift for a party he was going to.  Since he was good in the store I promised him a drink.  He wanted a Mountain Dew.  When he went into the cooler near the registers he saw two different green bottles (one with a white cap and one with a green).  He chose the green one.  I figured that one was the diet and one was the regular.  Upon closer inspection they were both regular Mountain Dews.  But, one of the bottles had the new design that PepsiCo released of the soda.  Instead of the bottle having &#8216;Mountain Dew&#8217; on it it said &#8216;Mtn Dew.&#8217;</p>
<p>Why do all these companies have to be lazy and abbreviate their products?  Is that the hip thing to do?  Years ago you could go to Kentucky Fried Chicken or the International House of Pancakes.  Now it&#8217;s KFC and IHOP! </p>
<p>With the Internet age and abbreviations being used for texting, I don&#8217;t know why products have to be abbreviated.  Kids nowadays are finding it easier and easier not having to learn how to spell.  With autospell features on computers the power of the Internet spelling is becoming obsolete.  Now, companies are helping that out by trying to hip their brandnames up.</p>
<p>I love the design of the new Dew logo.  (In fact, I love when companies update their logos.)  But, the fact that the Pepsi Company had to jump on the band wagon, with other companies, and &#8216;streamline&#8217; their product names is another issue completely.</p>
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