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Ben Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Tue Jul 24 00:03:17 UTC 2012


On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57476130-71/google-style-glasses-prof-turns-up-the-heat-on-mcdonalds/
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> "_Google-style_ glasses prof turns up the heat on McDonald's"
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> Shouldn't that be "_goggle-style_"?

Not when you're talking about "wearable computing":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Glass

--bgz

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