Apple CEO Tim Cook Puts the ‘Man’ In Pok茅mon
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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled Pok茅mon. How would you like to hear Tim Cook cluck that tricky tongue twister twice fast, in his trademark southern drawl? We sure would, now that the world knows he says Pok茅mon “.” As in completely wrong.
Here’s a tip, Cook: Pok茅mon is pronounced purely phonetically. There is no “man” in Pok茅mon. I know — I checked with my 15 year old, and, oh, my 13 year old and 11 year old. Repeat after me: Poh-kay-mon, OK, mon?
The 55-year-old Apple chief executive, who incidentally also dances like a dad, butchered the word “Pok茅mon” (and had the audacity to even pluralize it) during an Apple earnings call yesterday. He made the oops while raving about the global augmented reality sensation.
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And now everyone and their brother won’t let him forget it, including the newshounds at , who dutifully posted the “” evidence of Cook’s now-famous faux pas on SoundCloud, because JOURNALISM.
You bet your Jigglypuff we’d be talking up Pok茅mon Go, too — and maybe even garbling its name because of the sheer excitement of it all — if it could potentially make our company in a couple of years.
But for now we’ll ignore that we don’t earn $2 million in base salary, plus $8 million in cash incentives. No, we’ll distract ourselves by perusing people’s touching reactions to Cook’s wee verbal slip-up.
Jeez, is up for scrutiny, right down to the syllable. Comes with the territory, or does it?
Oh no, called it “Pokeman”
鈥 Jason Snell (@jsnell)
Moderator: Next question comes from John Moltz
鈥 Moltz (@Moltz)
Me: Tim, what’s the new AR game everyone is playing?
Cook: Pokayman.
Me: And the plural?
Tim Cook just said “Pok茅-man” during the Apple financial results call. DAD
鈥 Sam Herbst (@mrsamherbst)
Safe to say Pokemon didn’t exist in Tim Cook’s youth …
鈥 Jeremy C. Owens (@jowens510)
. calling Pokemon “Poke-E-man” reminds me of when called Ke$ha “KEY-sha.”
鈥 David Montalvo (@montalvo_d)
A back-handed acknowledgement of others.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled Pok茅mon. How would you like to hear Tim Cook cluck that tricky tongue twister twice fast, in his trademark southern drawl? We sure would, now that the world knows he says Pok茅mon “.” As in completely wrong.
Here’s a tip, Cook: Pok茅mon is pronounced purely phonetically. There is no “man” in Pok茅mon. I know — I checked with my 15 year old, and, oh, my 13 year old and 11 year old. Repeat after me: Poh-kay-mon, OK, mon?
The 55-year-old Apple chief executive, who incidentally also dances like a dad, butchered the word “Pok茅mon” (and had the audacity to even pluralize it) during an Apple earnings call yesterday. He made the oops while raving about the global augmented reality sensation.
