I’m running into this more and more with BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) and Bungo Stray Dogs.

I was wondering if anyone else has run into anything similar?

  • SheridanEnglish
    21•10 days ago

    So many people think Mac is an acronym for whatever reason, as in “Do you use MAC or PC?”.

    I don’t know why they think this. It was never formatted that way in any of Apple’s marketing materials.

    It really annoys me. In my head when I read it I hear “MAC” pronounced in the voice of Gilbert Godfrey.

    I’m guessing they’re confusing it with MAC addresses? They probably saw the term somewhere and wrongly assumed it had something to do with Apple Macs.

        • SanguinePar
          4•10 days ago

          True, although it’s more formally known as an Apple MAC Apple Computer, or Apple Mackintosh Apple Computer Apple Computer.

          With Apple standing, of course, for Applied Possibility and Permutation Learning Environment.