How 16 famous electronic companies got their names (opens in new tab)

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27 pointsjingsong16y ago4 comments

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TravisLS16y ago

For anyone who enjoyed this article, here's the holy grail of company name etymologies:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologie...

jpwagner16y ago

The reason the article exists is that the "holy grail" is tedious.

antiismist16y ago

More interesting than how they got thier names is what these companies were doing before their names got famous. For example on this list there are decendants from a pulp mill, dried fish exporter, and a playing card maker.

kazuya16y ago

> 10. Seiko: The watchmaker takes its name from a Japanese word meaning 'exquisite' or 'success'.

It does not mean 'success' in this case.

And it's rather 'precision work' than 'exquisite'.

BTW the old Canon logo is quite lovely, isn't it.

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