Monday, August 13, 2007

What are you Ejasent to?

And the winner of the bastardized spelling award goes to....

Ejasent

Ejasent!


Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Beware the awkward silent letters.

Fauxto

Fauxto name

How do you pronounce Fauxto?

fox-two? foe-two? Oh, it's just pronounced "photo".

While I'm pretty sure that the pronunciation of faux is well known (as in faux pas), it's that "to" sticking out at the end that will throw people off.


Friday, August 3, 2007

Curb your en-Thoof-iasm

Thoof! Just hit my head on the table thinking about this name...


Yeah, I know almost everybody's talked about how bad this name is, but it just has to be mentioned here. Weird names like Yahoo and Google could work, but Thoof is just a nonsense syllable. The name can't be verbed well; if the site does become popular (it looks like a site in the style of digg/del.icio.us), you won't hear people saying "Thoof this!" or "If you like our story, please Thoof us!"


Saturday, July 28, 2007

Suffering a Learnia?

Learnia name

The -a or -ia suffix is normally an attractive one, but someone must have overlooked the negative connotations here!


Sunday, July 22, 2007

Yep, that's a real product name

Nads for men hair removal
Nads hair removal... for men.


Friday, July 13, 2007

Whoops, a faux pas in advertising!

Here's an advertising faux pas:

SUV rollover ad

Rollover? For an SUV ad, that doesn't mix too well...


Monday, July 9, 2007

Let's cram as many things as possible into one word!

I don't think this slogan is in use any longer, but it just has to be mentioned once again:

Betsimpsier

Betsimpsier?

Translation: It is supposed to be a mashup of "Better, Simpler, Easier"

How's that for "completely forgettable"?