Bluetooth Toothbrush

Unboxing a new device

Aurora: The latest thing in toothbrushes. Ta da!

Jo: Electric?

Aurora: And that’s not all. It has a tongue-scrubber. And Bluetooth built-in.

Jo: So your teeth come up blue after brushing?

Aurora: Very funny. The brush sends data
on how long you clean, where you brush, what pressure you use by Bluetooth to your phone and gives you a score.

Jo: And your score?

Aurora: I get above 90%. And a map each time showing the teeth I missed.

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Voice-over

A new device that belongs to the Internet of Things (IoT). Did this influence the name Oral-B iO? Maybe Internet of Orthodontics? Or Interactive Oscillations?

ISIL vs ISIS

Isis

In a newsroom…

Andrew Preston: Associated Press are using ISIL instead of ISIS now.

Wally Post: ISIL? ISIS is a little easier to say, and it recalls the Egyptian goddess of fertility, Isis.

Andrew Preston: So ISIL seems more like an abbreviation than an acronym?

Wally Post: Wouldn’t go that far, they are both pronounceable. It’s just the majestic image of Isis in “Glory to Egypt, hail to thee, Isis of strength and power…”

Andrew Preston: I think it went

“Glory to Isis and the land

By her firm arm protected!

To Egypt's King elected,

Raise we our festive songs!”

Wally Post: Anyway, ISIS as an acronym that connotes something majestic. Not sure if Islamic State of Iraq and Syria suggests that… I mean, terrorism is not majestic.

Andrew Preston: So maybe a clumsy and brutal abbreviation is more apt than a cultured acronym.

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Voice-over

ISIS: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
ISIL: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

See Washington Post June 18, 2014