I only recently realised why the org is called AutoMATTic

rpozarickij 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A fun fact about another well known company - Foxconn. Apparently the founder Terry Gou came up with this name by joining words "fox" and "conn". Fox is an animal he liked and "conn" refers to connectors (which is what the company specialized in in its early days).

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scarecrowbob 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It took me quite a while to "get" the "Arby's" restaurant name.

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Hamuko 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Did you know that Adidas was founded by Adolf "Adi" Dassler?

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robshep 4 hours ago | parent [-]

And Puma by his brother Rudi, in the same town. Great Feud story.

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dofm 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Rudidas would definitely be a worse name. Though I'd be surprised if an Amazon Marketplace knockoff brand is not already using it.

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Hamuko an hour ago | parent [-]

It was briefly "Ruda" before it morphed into "Puma".

	▲	dofm an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I did not know that. Very good decision!

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pluc 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

all day i diss another sibling