A New Word Is Born - Sparkmunications

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kent

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#151108 14-Aug-2014 09:32

Seems with the change from Telecom to Spark, a number of companies (including Spark themselves) have taken to search and replace to update their websites and documenation. This has resulted in quite a number of them now using the word "Sparkmunications". :)

https://www.google.com/search?q=sparkmunications

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#1108157 14-Aug-2014 09:37

That was clever. At least it'll be an easy fix.

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solival

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#1108187 14-Aug-2014 10:40

Yeah, "replace everywhere" works better then expected. There is very good checkbox called "words only" for that :)

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#1108272 14-Aug-2014 12:00

I wonder if the person who did that was sparkmuting in from home :-P

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#1108289 14-Aug-2014 12:28

Hah, what a clposterioric example of mass-replace gone wrong.

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#1108352 14-Aug-2014 13:04

"2.1 Unless otherwise stated in these terms, each existing agreement we have with you for the provision of Sparkmunications services ("Standard Terms")"

"New Zealand Relay (NZ Relay) is Sparkmunications for people who are Deaf, hearing-impaired, deaf-blind, or speech-impaired."

"“Part of Spark's strategy has been to look for businesses to partner with where we can bring our Sparkmunications, marketing, networks and commercial"

"Service Provider customer residing at a residential property and receiving Sparkmunications services at that property which are required for either"

These links are referral codes

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#1108361 14-Aug-2014 13:12

Wouldn't have happened if they did a search/replace for "Telecom " with "Spark "

johntynz

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#1108365 14-Aug-2014 13:15

just another amusing way to telecom the day up

kent

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#1108374 14-Aug-2014 13:24

freitasm: "2.1 Unless otherwise stated in these terms, each existing agreement we have with you for the provision of Sparkmunications services ("Standard Terms")"
"New Zealand Relay (NZ Relay) is Sparkmunications for people who are Deaf, hearing-impaired, deaf-blind, or speech-impaired."
"“Part of Spark's strategy has been to look for businesses to partner with where we can bring our Sparkmunications, marketing, networks and commercial"
"Service Provider customer residing at a residential property and receiving Sparkmunications services at that property which are required for either"

It's a great word and is growing on me now. I reckon they should leave it and try using it more. :) Quick, someone trademark it...