Day: March 22, 2009

Sy Fy versus Sci Fi

Posted By: Peter DavidPosted On:

I was asked on the BSG thread what I thought of the change on the Sci Fi channel to Sy Fy.

I tend to agree with what Isaac Asimov once told me: Sci Fi was a stupid term from the very beginning. When it was first coined, it was supposed to be a play on “Hi Fi.” But Hi Fi was short for High Fidelity. Sci Fi didn’t track because “fiction” isn’t pronounced with a long “i” sound.

So to my mind, Sy Fy makes as much sense as Sci Fi, which is to say, none. Garbage in, garbage out.

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