Re: Canon printer minor quibble
On Friday 30 September 2016 19:25:52 Brian wrote:
> Maintaining that CUPS is an official acronym for "Common Unix Printing
> System" has, so far, not been substantiated.
Brian, do drop it. No-one, but no-one, has claimed it is the *official*name.
It can't be because of the trademark problem. There is often a large gap
between something's name and its official name.
No-one who has actually seen the bottle could doubt that HP stands for Houses
of Parliament. I have only just checked that, but what else could it be with
that picture? And it was NEVER called Houses of Parliament, but always HP.
Names don't die that easily. Where I used to live, people looking for
Riverside Cottage had considerable difficulty finding it. Why? Because it
was called The Old Gas Cottage. Merely changing the name didn't change what
people called it. The fire brigade would have had difficulty too, so I
always thought that changing the name was stupid, however much the owners
didn't like the name.
I was once asked to meet someone at the old Bull pub. I couldn't find it.
The next time I was given a description. When I eventually found it the sign
outside it said: "La Tête du Boeuf French Restaurant". EVERYONE (except
presumably the new owners) still called it the old Bull's Head, or even just
the old Bull.*
Names die hard. An entity's legal name and the name it is known by can
diverge wildly.
Lisi
* I see that a subsequent owner has had the sense to change the name back!
http://www.thebullsheadwarwickshire.co.uk/
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