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Originally Posted by Martian
Here's one I came across recently that I kinda like.
In the Apple OS to this day (up to 10.3 now, I think), there is a system sound named Sosumi. Most folks look at that and assume that the name is of Japanese origin, but that's not actually true. The real beginnings of the name go back to 1991. An Apple engineer, tired of having to constantly rewrite portions of the sound programs in the current OS release due to the ongoing legal battle with Apple Corps, came up with the name. So why Sosumi? Say it out loud for a hint.
Another potential name for the sound was Let It Beep, but that one was scrapped.
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Wikipedia elaboration...
Sosumi is one of the system sounds introduced in Apple Computer's Macintosh System 7 operating system in 1991. It is an extremely short sample of a xylophone. The sound is still used in modern versions of Mac OS, including Mac OS X.
The sound's unusual name was coined during a trademark dispute with Apple Corps, The Beatles' holding company. The two Apples have a long litigation history, and on the release of System 7 had recently settled a lawsuit over Apple Computer's addition of MIDI capabilities to their products.
Apple Corps' legal team began scrutinizing every audio aspect of the computer. During the development of System 7, they objected to one of the new system beep sounds as having a name that was too musical.
The creator of the new beeps for System 7 and the Macintosh Startup Sound, Jim Reekes, had grown frustrated with the legal scrutiny. Reekes first quipped it should be named "Let It Beep", a pun on The Beatles' "Let It Be", but renamed it Sosumi, which is pronounced "so sue me".
On May 7th 2006, Judge Edward Mann ruled that the Apple logo is used by the iTunes store, not by the music sold by iTunes, and therefore it is not an infringement of the Apple Corps logo.
Now to give a couple original tidbits...
- A whale's penis is called a dork.
- The white reflective squares you see when going down the road will reflect red on the opposite side, letting you know if you're going the wrong way.