Talk:The IT Crowd

Pronunciation of "IT"

IT - abbreviation of information technology - is not pronounced the same as the pronoun "it", it is pronounced as two separate letters. my phonetics aren't great but I believe the first pronunciation offered is for the pronoun, and i don't believe it belongs in this article 86.0.64.50 (talk) 20:23, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Actually, for this program both "The It Crowd" and "The I.T. Crowd" are acceptable and used. After all, the title is a deliberate play on the term "the it crowd". _TalkIslander 21:32, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

but then if you call it the "it crowd" you lose the pun...ah well it's not that important anyway! 86.0.64.50 (talk) 12:02, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

The pun doesn't really work at all when spoken - only when written. _TalkIslander 12:17, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

That's right, it is a written pun which is similar to the joke, "There are only 10 people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't." --Brindy666 (talk) 11:33, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

I recently saw an interview with Graham Linehan on Charlie Brooker's "Screenwipe", and he pronounced it as "I.T. Crowd". Oenone575 (talk) 13:33, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Nobody doubts that, but if you listen to the series 1 DVD commentary you'll hear him say that it can be pronounced both ways. Also I think when the first series was on TV it was advertised as "it" crowd, I'm not 100% sure though. Six words (talk) 15:47, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Definitely pronounced the "it" crowd in TV advertisements, to my chagrin :/ - 67.221.67.6 (talk) 15:30, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Sometimes I wonder if a conventional term can be redefined by the declaration of an artist who uses it. "IT" used in this context is almost always pronounced as an initialism, with the letters individually pronounced. That's the convention of language which shouldn't be subject to the redefinition of this kind by someone just because he directed the show. If he wished that it be referred to as "The It Crowd", shouldn't he simply have used the word "it"? Plus, if you just go ahead and call it "The It Crowd", the name is reduced to a wry or ironic statement as then it's no longer a play on words, like calling "the losers" "the cool kids". It only makes sense as a double-entendre and conforms to language if called "The IT" ("Eye Tee") "Show". The name is only funny if it purports to be about the humorous exploits of workers in the IT department, not if they're merely unpopular people ironically referred to as popular (" it", as in " it girl"). Ultimately, capitalized terms like "IT" are almost never pronounced as a word, otherwise, why capitalize them?98.230.199.85 (talk) 06:59, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

The title definition marginally misuses the term "abbreviation" by Wikipedia's own definition. "IT" in common usage is in fact an initialism, a word constructed of the initials of other words where the letters are separately pronounced. Wikipedia itself is contradictory on this point, at one time cautioning users to not confuse "abbreviation" for "initialism", but then goes on to imply that an initialism is in fact a type of abbreviation. It's difficult to say whether it's correct to call it an abbreviation or not, but it may not be.98.230.199.85 (talk) 06:59, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

OMFG = Leetspeak ?

In #Cultural References is said: "Roy regularly wears shirts that feature Leet speak, such as the acronyms OMFG and RTFM." I'd call "such acronymns" by

Isn't leetspeak the practice of substituting similar looking numbers or signs for the actual letters? Like leet -> 1337 or Haxxor -> H4xx0r or Suckface -> 5 |_|( |< |= 4 ( 3

2.174.37.251 (talk) 05:50, 29 April 2012 (UTC) Robotniks_Mom at 09:46 UTC+2 29.4.2012

Yes it is. OMG and RTFM were around long before most leetspeakers were even born. --AussieLegend (talk) 08:25, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

And now it's fixed. --AussieLegend (talk) 08:29, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

RTM ;| --Ben Ben (talk) 09:04, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Twitter spoof

Is it relevant, and for which section, to mention the famous Osama Bin Laden Twitter spoof, begun by Graham Linehan? Briefly, Linehan tweeted that he had heard that Bin Laden was watching The IT Crowd when the US Marines burst in and shot him. Very soon the story had built up on social media into something "officially confirmed", and it appeared as fact on the news. (The full story has been reported by the BBC (Bin Laden and The IT Crowd: Anatomy of a Twitter hoax) and others. It is a fine experiment into the madness of crowds. Howard Alexander (talk) 15:05, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

BBC News

In the article it cites a review by BBC News:

"The premiere of the show on Channel 4 was watched by 1.8m viewers, described as "disappointing" by BBC News"

There is no citation shown. I don't find it very believable that the BBC News would mention a comedy programme that is from a different channel just to say it is not very good. More information needs to be shown to prove this was really the case, otherwise the text should be changed.79.154.94.151 (talk) 13:21, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

I suggest you read the whole sentence, which ends with an appropriate citation.[1] --AussieLegend (talk) 13:37, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

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re: Season 5 on Netflix

There is no season 5. Netflix calls it that, but it's just the one-off episode from 2013. Jtjones66 (talk) 12:36, 1 September 2016 (UTC)