Nintendo’s Wii is a home video game console. The name sounds like the French word “oui” (meaning “yes”), prompting a pun:
“I asked a Frenchman if he played video games. He said Wii.”
“I asked a french bloke if he played video games. He said Wii” was cited on Twitter on November 18, 2009.
Wikipedia: Wii
The Wii (/ˈwiː/ wee) is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii competes with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others. As of the first quarter of 2012, the Wii leads its generation over PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales, with more than 101 million units sold; in December 2009, the console broke the sales record for a single month in the United States.
Twitter
Richard Clark
@rawker28
RT @VodkaChik: I asked a french bloke if he played video games.
He said Wii.
1:58 PM - 18 Nov 2009
Twitter
Hype
@HypeDaGreat
RT @FunnyJoker: I asked a french bloke if he played video games. He said Wii. (LMFAO)
5:15 PM - 18 Nov 2009
Twitter
Ceri B
@Cezza_B
RT @honorman: I asked a French man if he liked video games. He said Wii !! [groan]
3:55 PM - 22 Nov 2009
Twitter
Gavin Dykes
@gavindk
RT @tomhcooper Asked a Frenchman if he liked gaming he said Wii… asked a scot and he said DS?
4:11 PM - 22 Nov 2009
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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