Tommy Tran
2021-09-07 12:09
What you see is what you get - wysiwyg American saying acronym
There are no hidden features in a given product; the product you will get is exactly what it is advertised.
Our products are always of highest quality. I assure you that what you see is what you get.
What is being displayed on the screen is what will be printed on paper.
A: "Excuse me, is this WYSIWYG? I'm kind of low-tech so I don't know much." B: "Yes, it is!"
This phrase had been used by advertisers in the USA since at least the 1940s to assure customer the quality of the product. It had appreared in an advert for a Filmo Sportster camera in The Charleston Gazette in November 1949:
"You just sight, press a button and what you see, you get!"
The phrase was popularized by Flip Wilson through his character Geraldine in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in the late 1960s and then later on The Flip Wilson Show. The acronym "wysiwyg" is generally thought to have been originated from the phrase but the person who first used the acronym in that context is unknown. The first reference of this acronym appeared in Byte magazine, April 1982:
"What you see is what you get' (or WYSIWYG) refers to the situation in which the display screen portrays an accurate rendition of the printed page."
Do you see anything wrong?
You are certain that you feel the same about it.
Good morning. It´s nice to meet you again. - Likewise, I'm sure.
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