Need a better name.

ayryq · 01-06-2011, 11:17 AM

I need a better name for my Sony Reader Daily Edition PRS-950. I'm almost ready to start calling it a Kindle because at least everyone would know what I'm talking about. "Hey honey, have you seen my reader?" "Don't forget to pack the SR-DE (sir-dee?) in the car!"

I'm not suggesting that Sony change their name. Proud history and tradition and all that. But I need something else to call it around the house. Any ideas?

DixieGal · 01-06-2011, 11:31 AM

How about Bobby?

natasha_fawn · 01-06-2011, 11:38 AM

I've just been calling mine my book. Which works because my boyfriend knows what I'm talking about, but I suppose anyone else would be a bit confused.

What about calling it your ereader, rather than just reader? (I tried calling mine my "reader," but it sounded too much like a little kid's learn to read tool when I said it.

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ayryq · 01-06-2011, 11:42 AM

I found a Japanese-English dictionary (here) which translates reader as "dokusha"

ayryq · 01-06-2011, 11:56 AM

Here's some real words courtesy thesaurus.com:
Sony Delectus
Sony Oeuvre
Sony Caboodle
Sony Tome
Sony Congeries
Sony Gob

ayryq · 01-06-2011, 02:39 PM

A couple of "proper names" have occurred to me:
"Booker" (like the literary prize)
"Dewey" (like the Decimal System)

as in "What are you doing?" "I'm reading Sherlock Holmes on Dewey."

Poppaea · 01-06-2011, 02:58 PM

Funny! Thought I'd be the only one to call it "names". My 350 is a.k.a. Sweety

mornington · 01-06-2011, 04:01 PM

We've gone with "nindle" ("Not a kINDLE")

Poppaea · 01-06-2011, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mornington

We've gone with "nindle" ("Not a kINDLE")

Elfwreck · 01-06-2011, 04:37 PM

Liseuse.

I don't know what to call it. I have a PRS-505, and Sony obviously spent absolutely ZERO time considering marketing and branding, because "I love my PRS-505" does not exactly roll off the tongue. (It's officially a Sony Reader. Yeah, there's another fine useless term.)

People ask me if it's a Kindle, and I say, "no, it's the competition." And then they ask what kind it is, and I say "Sony, only this one's obsolete; they don't make this version anymore."

I mostly default to calling it my "ebook reader," which is clunky. I may start using "ereader," even though I have fond memories of the ereader file format; it doesn't look like B&N is protecting their trademark for the name, so "ereader" may become the public term for the devices.

SeaBookGuy · 01-06-2011, 05:09 PM

I think of mine as "my 650", or if you have no other of their products "the Sony", perhaps?

sailorV · 01-06-2011, 05:40 PM

My wife calls it "the gadget", as in, "you're not reading that gadget again?"

Under the Covers · 01-06-2011, 05:40 PM

Then there's Sindle, as in sinfully delightful non-Kindle.

tao · 01-06-2011, 06:00 PM

C3PO or R2D2?

tao · 01-06-2011, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Under the Covers

Then there's Sindle, as in sinfully delightful non-Kindle.

But it is too close to Swindle!

01-06-2011, 11:17 AM	#1
ayryq Member Posts: 24 Karma: 34 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Southwest Michigan, USA Device: PRS-950	Need a better name. I need a better name for my Sony Reader Daily Edition PRS-950. I'm almost ready to start calling it a Kindle because at least everyone would know what I'm talking about. "Hey honey, have you seen my reader?" "Don't forget to pack the SR-DE (sir-dee?) in the car!" I'm not suggesting that Sony change their name. Proud history and tradition and all that. But I need something else to call it around the house. Any ideas?

01-06-2011, 11:38 AM	#3
natasha_fawn Evangelist Posts: 414 Karma: 184633 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony PRS-950 (finally!)	I've just been calling mine my book. Which works because my boyfriend knows what I'm talking about, but I suppose anyone else would be a bit confused. What about calling it your ereader, rather than just reader? (I tried calling mine my "reader," but it sounded too much like a little kid's learn to read tool when I said it. ) Last edited by natasha_fawn; 01-06-2011 at 11:40 AM.

01-06-2011, 11:31 AM	#2
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	How about Bobby?

01-06-2011, 11:42 AM	#4
ayryq Member Posts: 24 Karma: 34 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Southwest Michigan, USA Device: PRS-950	I found a Japanese-English dictionary (here) which translates reader as "dokusha"

01-06-2011, 11:56 AM	#5
ayryq Member Posts: 24 Karma: 34 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Southwest Michigan, USA Device: PRS-950	Here's some real words courtesy thesaurus.com: Sony Delectus Sony Oeuvre Sony Caboodle Sony Tome Sony Congeries Sony Gob

01-06-2011, 02:39 PM	#6
ayryq Member Posts: 24 Karma: 34 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Southwest Michigan, USA Device: PRS-950	A couple of "proper names" have occurred to me: "Booker" (like the literary prize) "Dewey" (like the Decimal System) as in "What are you doing?" "I'm reading Sherlock Holmes on Dewey."

01-06-2011, 02:58 PM	#7
Poppaea Lucifer's Bat Posts: 2,577 Karma: 20638583 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Earth/Berlin Device: Kobo Libra Colour	Funny! Thought I'd be the only one to call it "names". My 350 is a.k.a. Sweety

01-06-2011, 04:01 PM	#8
mornington Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 732 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650	We've gone with "nindle" ("Not a kINDLE")

01-06-2011, 04:37 PM	#10
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	Liseuse. I don't know what to call it. I have a PRS-505, and Sony obviously spent absolutely ZERO time considering marketing and branding, because "I love my PRS-505" does not exactly roll off the tongue. (It's officially a Sony Reader. Yeah, there's another fine useless term.) People ask me if it's a Kindle, and I say, "no, it's the competition." And then they ask what kind it is, and I say "Sony, only this one's obsolete; they don't make this version anymore." I mostly default to calling it my "ebook reader," which is clunky. I may start using "ereader," even though I have fond memories of the ereader file format; it doesn't look like B&N is protecting their trademark for the name, so "ereader" may become the public term for the devices.

01-06-2011, 05:09 PM	#11
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	I think of mine as "my 650", or if you have no other of their products "the Sony", perhaps?

01-06-2011, 05:40 PM	#12
sailorV Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Brisbane,Australia Device: PRS-650	My wife calls it "the gadget", as in, "you're not reading that gadget again?"

01-06-2011, 05:40 PM	#13
Under the Covers Night Reader Posts: 127 Karma: 4314 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rocky Mountains (US) Device: Sony PRS-650	Then there's Sindle, as in sinfully delightful non-Kindle.

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01-06-2011, 06:00 PM	#14
tao Book Lover Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New York City Device: Sony PRS-505; Kindle 3	C3PO or R2D2?