Why the "Roman Letter O with Circumflex"?

[PaoloFCantoni]

This one is for the nerds...

As I observed elsewhere in the forum (see: here...) Protos is a Greek word (πρωτος) meaning "first".

However, the products are designated: Prôtos with the Roman Letter O with Circumflex character replacing the first "o" (or Greek ω).

The circumflex character isn't (See [Edit:] below) part of the Greek (or Latin / Italian alphabet).

Can anyone enlighten (me at least) as to why the ô is there? NOT complaining, just interested.

TIA,
Paolo

[Edit: While it isn't in Modern Greek it is in Ancient Greek]

[Michaelinpr]

Just a guess, but maybe because MSH is Italian they decided to give an Italian twist to the Greek word?

[TheBum]

Or, they may have decided that it just looked better that way.

[quinn]

Because they don't expect nerds to ask questions lol.

[Michaelinpr]

Originally Posted by quinn

Because they don't expect nerds to ask questions lol.

They picked the wrong group of people to think are not nerds then.

[quinn]

Originally Posted by Michaelinpr

They picked the wrong group of people to think are not nerds then.

Ha! Fair enough. Grown men playing with toy helicopters. Nerd goes without saying

[Crashalotjoe]

Maybe it's not a circumflex. Perhaps it's just a little hat for the 'O'.

[ultrataco]

I thought it was a pronunciation thing, but I got a C or B- in college English.

[PaoloFCantoni]

Originally Posted by Michaelinpr

Just a guess, but maybe because MSH is Italian they decided to give an Italian twist to the Greek word?

<Italyan accent>
E Michele, you no tink I spik Godfadda? I tol' you it no Italiano!

Is no twist...
</Italyan accent>

I was going to post this on Friday, but I was bored on the bus... (1-hour commute).

Anyway, still not a definitive answer, although I suspect Alan's answer is close to correct. it DOES look cool!

Paolo

[Colin Broughton]

Probably cause it looks cool. Or it has a little roman in it lol, like tracing its family tree and all

[gilligansc]

To challenge you!!
Because Primo is a stupid name for a heli brand.

[PaoloFCantoni]

Originally Posted by gilligansc

To challenge you!!
Because Primo is a stupid name for a heli brand.

Especially because here in Australia, Primo is a brand of smallgoods (Salami's etc.)

Paolo

[baggers]

I always wondered the same as well, but never asked!

It was a pain when I was cutting out a stencil for airbrushing the Protos logo, I had to make my own character for this from other letters. I've no idea how to get the 'O with the hat' in a standard font on a PC?

[Michaelinpr]

Originally Posted by baggers

I always wondered the same as well, but never asked!

It was a pain when I was cutting out a stencil for airbrushing the Protos logo, I had to make my own character for this from other letters. I've no idea how to get the 'O with the hat' in a standard font on a PC?

All accents and symbols from other languages can be typed with a regular keyboard. You just need to know the keys to push.

For next time.

https://support.office.com/en-us/art...1-d60407d13c35

[TheBum]

Originally Posted by Michaelinpr

All accents and symbols from other languages can be typed with a regular keyboard. You just need to know the keys to push.

For next time.

https://support.office.com/en-us/art...1-d60407d13c35

Only in Office apps, apparently. It doesn't work in text boxes in IE 11.

[Michaelinpr]

Originally Posted by TheBum

Only in Office apps, apparently. It doesn't work in text boxes in IE 11.

By Office apps you mean Word and such? I use them on emails and Facebook, etc.

[TheBum]

Originally Posted by Michaelinpr

By Office apps you mean Word and such? I use them on emails and Facebook, etc.

It's not system-wide, as is the case with most convenience functions in Windows. I tried Notepad too and it didn't work there. I did get it to work in Word, Outlook, and Wordpad.

[Aryemis]

I'm french and we use the ^ accent. to be = être
Though we don't use it on o specifically, maybe the Italians do ?
Oh and on an azerty keyboard (standard french keyboard, dunno about italians) you can basically type any vowel with ^ + vowel.
âêîôû

[Mateyhv]

Yes, âêîôû is the intended name for the Prôtos V3, so there are more people scratching their heads.
By the way, what does MSH stand for, Microsoft Helis perhaps?

[TheBum]

Originally Posted by Mateyhv

Yes, âêîôû is the intended name for the Prôtos V3, so there are more people scratching their heads.
By the way, what does MSH stand for, Microsoft Helis perhaps?

M and S are the initials of Davide's and Corrado's last names. H stands for Helicopters.