11 Mar 09 WINDOWS 7 Southern EDITION
It has come to our attention that a few copies of the WINDOWS 7 Southern EDITION may have accidentally been shipped outside of the south.
If you have one of these, you may need help understanding the commands.
The Southern EDITION may be recognized by the unique opening screen.
It reads: WINDERS 7, With a background picture of Waylon and Willie, superimposed on a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Please also note:
The Recycle Bin is now labeled ‘ Outhouse’
My Computer is called ‘This Dern Contraption’
Dial Up Networking is called ‘Good Ol’ Boys’
Control Panel is known as ‘ The Dashboard’
Hard Drive is referred to as ’4-Wheel Drive’
Floppies are ‘Them little ol’ plastic thang s’
Error message Popups now read ‘Duct Tape’
CHANGES IN TERMINOLOGY IN THE Southern EDITION :
Cancel . Stopdat
Reset ………………… Try’er agin
Yes ………………………………. Yep
No ………………. Nope
Find ………………………. Hunt Fer’t
Go to ……………………… Over Yonder
Back …………… Back Yonder
Help . Gimme a Han’ Here
Stop ………….. Now kwit thet (WHOA!)
Start .. Crank’er Up
Settings …………. Settins
Programs ……….. Stuff Wut Duz Stuff
Documents ….. Stuff Ah Dun Did
Also note that
The Southern EDITION does not recognize capital letters or punctuation marks.
Some programs that are exclusive to WINDERS 7:
Tipe-riter ……….. A word processing program
Cullerin’ Book …………… A graphics program
Cowntin’ Mersheen …… Calculator
Outhouse Paper …………………….. Notepad
Inner-net ………………… Microsoft explorer 5.0
Pitchers ………………………. A graphics viewer
We regret any inconvenience it may have caused. If you received a copy of The Southern EDITION,
You may return it to Microsoft for a replacement version.
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