JD™ Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 This is a petty little debate with a client who's differing in opinion to me. Isle of Wight, what do you abbreviate it to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Should be I.O.W. in theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted July 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Should be I.O.W. in theory.in theory yes, but their argument is that the isle of wight website uses "IOW", so surely that's the "correct" way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Deere Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Neither.IoW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted July 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Neither.IoW.yea, what i mean is dots or no dots, the whole ad was in capitals anyway.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 IOW looks neater for advertising and the like... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondy Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 the reason it doesnt have the dots on the website address is only due to domain names and sub domain surely, its just easier to put IOW, although it should be i.o.w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Technically, as dictated by the English language, it should be I.O.W. But if the Isle of Wight as an entity has decided and stated on a wedsite that it's IOW then it becomes almost like a trademark and trademarks don't have to conform to the rules, so I think it's one of those annoying situations where you're both kinda right.Davey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted July 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 the reason it doesnt have the dots on the website address is only due to domain names and sub domain surely, its just easier to put IOW, although it should be i.o.wI know what you mean, but I was talking about the actual content of the website, not the website address itself.Technically, as dictated by the English language, it should be I.O.W. But if the Isle of Wight as an entity has decided and stated on a wedsite that it's IOW then it becomes almost like a trademark and trademarks don't have to conform to the rules, so I think it's one of those annoying situations where you're both kinda right.Daveyannoyingly, i think that's as close to a win as I'll get. Luckily, instead of worrying about it, I'll just get a few mates to ring up, say they saw the advert and would like some more info. Then at least she'll be happy that she got something from it and give me more money... haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endohopper Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Similarly , I think the Republic of Ireland does the whole dots vibe as standard ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 its I.O.W. on adresses... IOW is just proper shorthand loser ... IOW is miss leading to someone not from here i guess... meh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Quigley Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 (edited) IoW represent!or even IW does most of the time Edited July 22, 2008 by James Quigley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONGO Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Clearly one of the better threads of any forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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