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Funny Company Names....
Naguissa:
--- Quote from: bitwelder on May 03, 2018, 09:11:33 pm ---Today we got to know that the notorious Cambridge Analytica of the recent Facebook controversy has shutdown...
only to reborn again with a new name: Emerdata.
That tells at least one thing: in their marketing/branding team they don't have any French or Italian staff, or somebody would have cautioned them against using a company name that sounds like Itsshitty :-DD
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Add catalan, portuguese and gaelican to the list.., even spanish more or less...,
grumpydoc:
--- Quote from: bitwelder on May 03, 2018, 09:11:33 pm ---Today we got to know that the notorious Cambridge Analytica of the recent Facebook controversy has shutdown...
only to reborn again with a new name: Emerdata.
That tells at least one thing: in their marketing/branding team they don't have any French or Italian staff, or somebody would have cautioned them against using a company name that sounds like Itsshitty :-DD
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Even Toyota knew to release the MR2 in France just as the MR
vk6zgo:
My favourite is the British (now International) bookmaking company Ladbrokes!
glarsson:
--- Quote from: grumpydoc on May 12, 2018, 10:36:37 pm ---Even Toyota knew to release the MR2 in France just as the MR
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Honda planned to release the Honda Fit/Jazz with a different name. They changed their mind when the promotional materials they sent out was met with protests from Sweden.
SeanB:
Have an old invoice from a jeweller in Hong Kong airport, Fook jewellers. Was for a ring my father bought in 1981 during a trip to Japan.
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