Talk: Office Assistant

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"Clippy" is not, and has never been the name of the paperclip. The (really lousy imo) comic strip User Friendly is responsible for popularizing the wrong name. The primary reference to the default Office Assistant should be "Clippit" throughout.

Also, I cannot find any reference to Seiko Sensei or the monkey elsewhere on the web. If the name is searchable when presented in its native language (japanese? chinese?) then the native language name should be in the article.

"Clippy" is used by Microsoft. A Google search on "site:microsoft.com clippy" gives "about 258" results. "site:microsoft.com clippit" gives "about 50" results. Microsoft themselves seem to prefer "Clippy" - David Gerard 19:16, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

'Clippit' was the original name, but Microsoft changed it to 'Clippy' about two or three years ago. I don't know why but my best guess is that 'Clippit' is some sort of trademark infringement. --Smallbone10 16:09, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)