AT&T Wireless sorry for ad gaffe

Tech Digest / Feb 5--AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which has put itself up for sale, apologized for newspaper ads using an abbreviation for the word Japan that it said was misspelled "in an offensive way." The ads used the abbreviation "JAP" in a chart referring to prices for calls to Japan.

Posted by trek/taro at 3:42 PM JST
Updated: Thursday, February 5, 2004 4:18 PM JST
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Friday, February 6, 2004 - 11:33 AM JST

Name: ramchop

Got an email from a friend - people may lose their jobs over this. Seems a bit harsh for such a trivial error. Haven't had the J-word debate on FG for a while. Guess it might have to wait for a little while longer.

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Friday, February 6, 2004 - 1:34 PM JST

Name: taro

As a AT&T stockholder (ugh) I already sent in a complaint about wasting time. As J-word debate on FG rightfully concluded last time, JPN, is the "official" abbreviation for "jap".

anti-Jap Check is GIS/Google image
search of "jap"

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Friday, February 6, 2004 - 1:59 PM JST

Name: ramchop

I think the shit is really hitting the fan as they might get bought out by NTT and they're worried what the new bosses might think.

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