A fun way to spend a rainy hour in Seattle is to browse in Uwajimaya, a huge Asian supermarket in the International District (which locals call “the ID”). There you can see products that, from a mainland American point of view (at least this..
Topics: Bad Names, Names in the Wild, Peculiar, Product Names, Seattle Interest, uwajimaya

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The Name Inspector has created a new page to round up press mentions of this blog. If you check it out, you’ll find that The Name Inspector is quoted in an article about domain names in the latest issue of Inc. magazine. Who else is quoted in the...
Topics: Bragging, News

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Watch out! There’s a new electric motorcycle in town. It’s the Enertia, from Brammo. Yes, like the word inertia, but with an E, which The Name Inspector supposes stands for electric. So, electric + inertia.Inertia. Kind of an unusual word...
Topics: Bad Names, brammo, electric motorbike, electric motorcycle, enertia, Product Names, Real Word Names, the name enertia, Words

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The Name Inspector has been nominated for the “Top 100 Language Blogs 2009″ contest run by the blog LexioPhiles. Please consider giving him your vote.
Topics: Uncategorized

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The experiment continues. The Name Inspector is once again having “office hours” consultations at greatly reduced prices. In-person meetings are best (for you Seattle folks), but phone/chat works too. Contact him today or tomorrow for details.
Topics: News, Offers, office hours, Seattle Interest

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