Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

Homonyms trip up Apple

Opinion
Aug 1, 20061 min

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Oh, those wacky homonyms.

They’re playing havoc with Apple this week in regards to a Chicago Tribune story on failing iPods.

The paper asked Apple spokesperson Natalie Kerris how long an average iPod would last. The Trib reported her answer as “four years.” Kerris claims she said “for years.”

Hmmm, whom do you believe?