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Anonymous
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:31 am: | 
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In a word, Rainman, yes. That is what is happening. It's absurd, but it's why we have all these stupid names. Better not to have a name than a stupid one like "Sephia"! |
Spiderman
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:32 am: |
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Or Rhondo
::shudder::
all though Okra would still work ;) |
Regkittrelle
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 12:58 pm: |
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Rainman...
Bingo!
Trademarking a name is very expensive, time-consuming... make that a waste of time. Plus, the biggest of companies make mistakes. Zample: the Chevy "Nova". Imagine how No va plays in hispanic-speaking countries. "Volvo?" = I roll.Years ago I lived in Asia. The American compound I was part of imported Toro lawn mowers. Problem? "Toro" in the native language meant..uh,, "vagina."
No matter how diligent a company might be, someone always finds the word somewhere in an obscure language, then files a class-action suit.
The high-tech industry has gotten around this problem by "manufacturing" names that mean nothing. Dream on re renaming the 1125R. |
Xb9er
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 02:13 pm: |
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how about "State of Emergency" Look out Super bikes theres a storm coming through. |
Rainman
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 05:49 pm: |
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I think FEMA has State of Emergency on their trailer parks |
Rainman
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 05:52 pm: |
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Hey, you can call it "Buell Bryan" and I'll sign the rights over to you for a 2008 Ss!!!! |
Coal400
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 06:20 pm: |
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Just pull a "prince" and give it a goofy symbol. That's what he did to get around the fact that a record label owned his name, when he left the label he could not even use his own name...
All joking aside, I rather like 1125R - works fine for me. |
Jimidan
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 08:13 pm: |
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Trademarking a name is very expensive, time-consuming... make that a waste of time. Plus, the biggest of companies make mistakes. Zample: the Chevy "Nova". Imagine how No va plays in hispanic-speaking countries. "Volvo?" = I roll.Years ago I lived in Asia. The American compound I was part of imported Toro lawn mowers. Problem? "Toro" in the native language meant..uh,, "vagina."
I thought that Volvo meant vagina or at least part of it... |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 01:47 am: |
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no no, that is vulva and see I thought I would never use that word out side of the Seinfield episode |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 01:51 am: |
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You could do Akula, which is Russian for shark, but was pirated from Japanese transliteration. It does look a bit like a whale shark |
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