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Re: names good for marketing



On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Seeker5528 wrote:

> In what western language is there a word that sounds like ubuntu that has a negative meaning?

"you [p/b]unt too", meaning you can't do it, so you pawn it off to someone
else to get it done, or in baseball, bunting is a good thing, to sacrifice
oneself
	"bunt" is too similar with "punt"

lots of word has a twist on words that has a derogatory meaning
in the same or some other language

- car makers pay special attention to how they name their cars
( why the "K" cars came out is a separate issue ( major mistake ) )

c ya
alvin
- time to hike up to tim-buck-2




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