Generation D

[Bruce Dykes]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul McFedries" <lists at MCFEDRIES.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 08:23
Subject: Re: Generation D


> > > A current ad for WorldCom uses the phrase Generation D.  Is this
simply
> > > an ad/pr slogan, or does the phrase have any currency in use?
> >
> > No. Strictly an ad/pr thing.
>
> Not true. For a citation that doesn't reference WorldCom's campaign in any
> way, and for a citation that *pre-dates* the beginning of WorldCom's
> campaign, see my Word Spy entry:
>
> http://www.logophilia.com/WordSpy/GenerationD.html

Okay...I'll sit corrected...but it still smells of Marketing Manufacture...

bkd