ok look I know this is really stupid and pedantic, but come on, we’ve had 26 years to learn this
It's Wi-Fi
not Wifi or WiFi or wifi or wi fi
Wi-Fi. Hyphenated. Both words capitalized.
thank you for coming to my ted talk
(while you're here, “log in" is two words when being used as a verb… your login button or link should not say "login”, because the action they take is to "log in”)
@marcoarment There’s nothing quite like seeing a self-described pedantic post insisting on the correct use of capitalization and punctuation while riddled with incorrect capitalization and missing punctuation.
@marcoarment I had a Google fiber installer repeatedly refer to the fiber jack, my Ethernet cable and the general existence of network access as “your Wi-Fi” even when I tried to disambiguate. That’s definitely not an isolated incident. We may have a little further to go before we tackle the spelling.
@marcoarment I only recently started un-hyphenating email (e-mail). Language is determined by usage. At age 70, I’ve had lots of time to learn this the hard way.
@marcoarment As a language professional, I have to disagree. There's no real reason for wifi to be hyphenated or a proper noun (even internet is rarely a proper noun nowadays). Language usage changes. It's a thing. And you're old enough now to see those changes happen. It wasn't that long ago that the use of the “singular they" was frowned upon in formal texts. Now it's commonplace (and that's a good thing!). If you want language to be static, learn French. ducks
@petergarner I believe it's different in this case because it's an actively maintained trademark for this specific feature. It's a proper noun.
You wouldn't expect to see windows pcs or macs or lte coverage or verizon or usb or thunderbolt or hdmi in any remotely formal context, so why is Wifi or wifi somehow different?
@marcoarment Hmmm… typing wifi, which everyone understands, vs double-tap to caplock, WI, tap for special characters, “-”, double-tap to caplock again, FI…
@marcoarment@joekissell Can I just say I still think the name Wi-Fi is stupid? It should have been called something else, but we’re stuck with a stupid name now.
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