New Sub shop

mapuc · 12-02-19, 04:51 PM

The nearest I can come up with is this fastfood restaurant

Subway, where the word sub is a part of the word, the whole word means of course something else.

Markus

Sailor Steve · 12-02-19, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

The nearest I can come up with is this fastfood restaurant

Subway, where the word sub is a part of the word, the whole word means of course something else.

Not quite correct. The "whole word" is also used to mean the Submarine Sandwich in many restaurants across America.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_sandwich

mapuc · 12-03-19, 11:43 AM

^ Thank you for the correction

Markus

Catfish · 12-03-19, 12:27 PM

I like that sign, would fit.. we had a baguette shop in Goeettingen in the 90ies with "Gorbatschow baguettskis", but this is lame compared to the above

I still do not understand where some modern shops get their names from, and why.

Bezos wanted to name his "Amazon" shop "Relentless" at first (what he was, and it is), but some marketing gurus told him that would create exactly the negative feelings you would expect, so they renamed it to.. Amazon?! Why this name? Nothing to do with anything on, in or from this shop

Then ebay? Huh? A bay? Since when is a bay a trading point? Or is it? An electronic bay. Ah.

Then "Subway"? Nothing to do with a submarine even if some call a baguette that in the US, and a subway is the US pendant of an underground railway.
Nothing to do with baguettes or eating at all

Then, "Starbucks". What? Why the hell?? :

I guess you could name a car "Pope" or "Hermann Goering" or "tomato", and enough would find it "hip". Or maybe a Cacao drink called Mucoviscidose. Hipster slang eh? !"§$%&/()

Dowly · 12-03-19, 12:56 PM

It's a T-shirt design from TheDrive.com:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...spired-t-shirt

u crank · 12-03-19, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Then ebay? Huh? A bay? Since when is a bay a trading point? Or is it? An electronic bay. Ah.

Quote:

The company officially changed the name of its service from AuctionWeb to eBay in September 1997. Originally, the site belonged to Echo Bay Technology Group, Omidyar's consulting firm. Omidyar had tried to register the domain name echobay.com, but found it already taken by the Echo Bay Mines, a gold mining company, so he shortened it to his second choice, eBay.com.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay

Commander Wallace · 12-06-19, 10:04 AM

Good one August.

I always wondered what became of Marko Alexandrovich Ramius. Now we know.

Mystery solved.

Catfish · 12-06-19, 10:22 AM

@ucrank Thanks, sorry took me some time to read your answer above ��
It was of course a rant of mine, there are always reasons for a name, even if it does not make sense to customers at first No pc in reach and it is a chore typing on a small mobile, so please bear with me ��

@Commander Wallace ��

August · 12-06-19, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Good one August.

I always wondered what became of Marko Alexandrovich Ramius. Now we know.

Mystery solved.

Reminds me of the movie Air America"

General Soong: "I no go from Warlord to liquor store owner!"

Gene: "Tell him what you really want General."

General Soong: "Holiday Inn, owner and operator!"

12-03-19, 12:27 PM	#4
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,796 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	I like that sign, would fit.. we had a baguette shop in Goeettingen in the 90ies with "Gorbatschow baguettskis", but this is lame compared to the above I still do not understand where some modern shops get their names from, and why. Bezos wanted to name his "Amazon" shop "Relentless" at first (what he was, and it is), but some marketing gurus told him that would create exactly the negative feelings you would expect, so they renamed it to.. Amazon?! Why this name? Nothing to do with anything on, in or from this shop Then ebay? Huh? A bay? Since when is a bay a trading point? Or is it? An electronic bay. Ah. Then "Subway"? Nothing to do with a submarine even if some call a baguette that in the US, and a subway is the US pendant of an underground railway. Nothing to do with baguettes or eating at all Then, "Starbucks". What? Why the hell?? : I guess you could name a car "Pope" or "Hermann Goering" or "tomato", and enough would find it "hip". Or maybe a Cacao drink called Mucoviscidose. Hipster slang eh? !"§$%&/() __________________ >^..^<)))>{ All generalizations are wrong. Last edited by Catfish; 12-03-19 at 12:36 PM.*

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,796 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	@ucrank Thanks, sorry took me some time to read your answer above �� It was of course a rant of mine, there are always reasons for a name, even if it does not make sense to customers at first No pc in reach and it is a chore typing on a small mobile, so please bear with me �� @Commander Wallace �� __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

12-02-19, 04:51 PM	#1
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,543 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	The nearest I can come up with is this fastfood restaurant Subway, where the word sub is a part of the word, the whole word means of course something else. Markus

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,543 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	^ Thank you for the correction Markus

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	It's a T-shirt design from TheDrive.com: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...spired-t-shirt

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,316 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Good one August. I always wondered what became of Marko Alexandrovich Ramius. Now we know. Mystery solved.