No Sxoop for you!

Sxoop

Just looking at the name is headache-inducing. How can you possibly pronounce a name starting with that consonant cluster (Sx-) ?

I guess you can take the X as silent, and pronounce it as "soup" or "zoop."

Are their products bottom-grade?

Hynix



Hynix, is this some weird variation on Unix? No, it's a semiconductor company.

You gotta wonder if the quality lives up to (or should I say, down to?) their name.

Just a quickie, please!

In & Out Lube....



Conveniently located right next to your neighborhood Kum & Go!

Taking advantage of you everyday.

Advantage Funeral and Cremation Services.

This is named in pretty bad taste if you think about it. :(

What are you Ejasent to?

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



Ejasent!

Beware the awkward silent letters.

Fauxto



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.

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!"