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Posted in Branding, Consumer Goods, Hospitality & Travel, International Naming, Name Origins, Naming News, Strange Names, Trademarks
Posted in Branding, Consumer Goods, Hospitality & Travel, International Naming, Name Origins, Naming News, Strange Names, Trademarks
When Good English is Bad English
While recently walking in the ultra ritzy Ocean Ave, Carmel, California I saw this sign on a gateway. Yes, I always notice strange and interesting names even on a mini vacation day. What I especially like is when they are…
Just Watch Me – Fun name of the week
I do love a name that brings a smile to your face early in the morning, which is when I discovered this jeweler with a business named Just Watch Me. And no, he doesn’t just sell watches. In fact, he…
Slick as a whistle pig
The title of this blog is taken directly from the heading of an article in a recent copy of Business Week – with thanks and acknowledgments. And I have used it since it was clearly authored to attract attention to…
Posted in Branding, Consumer Goods, Domain Names, Hospitality & Travel, Strange Names, Trademarks, Wine Names
Oxymoron Names can be Powerful
The other day I fell asleep by an open drafty cold window. By morning I could barely move my neck and had no motion at all in one direction. Being a stubborn male I did nothing but massage and rub…
Tagged with: medical and healthcare naming
Posted in Branding, Consumer Goods, Strange Names, Trademarks
Posted in Branding, Consumer Goods, Strange Names, Trademarks
eero gives me ear ache
I have been thinking of a very positive headline for this posting all week, especially because I am very impressed with the rest of their marketing. But at the end of the day, eero is just a little too clever…
Most execs are doing naming ass backwards
If you are naming your kid or your pet, you think of the names you like and then you pick one. This method works fine because every name you come up with is available, other than a few you eliminate…
Twilio name tries too hard
When I first heard of this company, it was the name that caught my attention. That in turn made me concentrate hard to try to understand what they did. In due course I realized the potential of their tool kits…
Posted in Branding, Consumer Goods, Domain Names, Name Origins, Naming News, Strange Names, Trademarks
Why is Pluto’s moon named Charon?
While all the world’s scientist are walking around in amazement about the discovery details of the former planet Pluto, I am thinking, “How did Pluto’s moon get the name Charon and what does it mean?” Luckily for me, the whole…
Tagged with: #scientificnaming
Posted in Name Origins, Naming News, Public Site Naming, Strange Names
Posted in Name Origins, Naming News, Public Site Naming, Strange Names
Awkward name of the week
At last year’s Silicon Valley Code Camp, Infragistics provided the registration lanyards as shown in the photo here. The novel idea of a zipper wasn’t obvious to all of us at the first go around. More importantly, we saluted them…
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