Google sounds like frugal

My father is a pretty tech savvy guy. In fact, he always has the latest tech toys even before his 11 grandchildren have them. But for some strange reason, he can't seem to pronounce the word google correctly-it always sounds like gugle(kind of like kugel).

It make us all laugh and we try to have him repeat after us "google, like frugal". While it's silly, it is a constant reminder to all of us how new the concept of google is. For digital immigrants, it is a different language that needs to be practiced while for my three year old it is both a noun and a verb, "just google it, mommy."

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