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March 20, 2006
Brand Naming: A Case of a Missing Vowel
Motorola popularized it with RAZR. Reebok pioneered the concept many years ago with RBK.
I’m talking about brand names or product names that have eliminated a vowel.
Check out this interesting article in the March 19th issue of the Boston Globe that identifies many product names that have eliminated a vowel: Merchants X out A, E, I, O, and U
Technorati Tags: Vowels, RAZR, RBK, Brand Names
Posted by Diane Prange at March 20, 2006 4:00 PM
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