There's a history of using the names of fruit for IT stuff.
Orange Micro Inc. was a company which made products for use with Apple computers.
Tangerine Computer Systems was a British microcomputer company.

Its because IT people are not very creative - they name companies after what is on their desk or in their lunchbox. I'm just surprised, nobody has named a company Peanutbutter and Jelly Sandwich yet... or maybe they have!

 

@atferrari

Im not entirely sure what you are trying to say but when companies produce products that have strange names it just irritates me especially if I have to say it in front of an audience

It is difficult to defend the trademark of a company name or product name when common words are used - don't call your computer company, "Computer". Even, Number crucher is not worthwhile. Fantasy words or phrases not generally associated with the targeted industry are the best names (easiest to defend trademarks).

You have so much trouble with the trademarked names used in your industry - do you also have trouble with fantasy names for other products you use? Like Xerox, Chlorox, Kleenex, Google, ...

Sorry, I just searched the most famous brands of the UK and nearly all are based on common words or UK sir-names. I am sorry your country is not very creative in marketing. Maybe you could focus on UK companies, then you wouldn't have so much trouble pronouncing names from Italy and the US.

 

@GopherT

As it turns out, I just have a hard time trying to say the word "Arduino" when I am recording a video because it does not flow nicely in sentences. What I find funny is that the word Arduino is not even italian, it translates to Arduino.

By the way
"I am sorry your country is not very creative in marketing"

I appreciate that words don't always express our emotions or meaning too well but that was down right rude.

 

... I just have a hard time trying to say the word "Arduino" ...

It's arduous, I know.

 

I'm just surprised, nobody has named a company Peanutbutter and Jelly Sandwich yet... or maybe they have!

Android Jelly Bean operating system comes close .

 

Well I think that the name Xz-195/etu(id) isn't very attractive so I guess we'll call it Samus pizzasious.

 

@atferrari

Im not entirely sure what you are trying to say but when companies produce products that have strange names it just irritates me especially if I have to say it in front of an audience

Here's an article that you might identify with:

https://www.metafilter.com/94839/A-tall-post-about-Starbucks-anger-and-language

 

@Robin Mitchell
I'm sorry you felt it was rude, but it is a fact. About 1 in 20 companies in the U.K. are not initialisms, Names (Last names or Fist names) or common English words. In the US, about 1 in 4.

Of the top 50 brands in the U.K., only three (Vodafone, Unilever, Tesco).

=============

1

Shell
1
2

Vodafone
2
3

HSBC
3
4

BP
5
5

EY
7
6

Barclays
6
7

BT
4
8

Tesco
8
9

Sky
-
10

O2
9
11

Asda
15
12

Land Rover
11
13

LLoyds Bank
10
14

Three
-
15

BBC
13
16

MINI
25
17

Sainsbury's
18
18

Dove
29
19

Standard Chartered Bank
21
20

Johnnie Walker
23
21

Aviva
16
22

Everything Everywhere Limited
17
23

Unilever
27
24

Marks & Spencer
19
25

Burberry
26
26

Virgin Media
-
27

BHP Billiton
-
28

Prudential
14
29

British Airways
24
30

Rolls-Royce
33
31

Nationwide
39
32

ITV
22
33

Halifax
20
34

Pall Mall
12
35

BAE Systems
41
36

SSE
34
37

NatWest
30
38

RBS
32

39

Capita
37
40

GSK
45
41

Holiday Inn
43
42

Aon
-
43

Morrisons
31
44

Boots
47
45

Lynx
-
46

Royal Mail
35
47

British Gas
42
48

Scottish Widows
48
49

Compass Group
-

 

@GopherT It was not rude to suggest that UK companies use common names or words, it was rude to imply that the UK has no creativity when that could not be further from the truth.

 

@GopherT It was not rude to suggest that UK companies use common names or words, it was rude to imply that the UK has no creativity when that could not be further from the truth.

You're right. I do spend a lot of time using products and services made or designed in the UK.

 

@GopherT Does creativity imply products being sold everywhere? I live in the UK and I happen to use mostly British products and services. Sure, I have an AMD processor but you have ARM processors for sure which by the way was a British invention. So was the electronic computer (see colossus), worlds first slim line electronic calculator, the Raspberry Pi, the microbit, MicroPython, optic fiber amplfiers (University of Southampton).

And on that note

The television (thanks to John Logie Baird), The telephone, WWW, the train, the industrial revolution, the jet engine, cats eyes ON YOUR ROADS, electric motor, the tank, radar, the iPod (believe it or not that was designed by a brit), oh and the light bulb.

 

@GopherT Reminds me of this

 

I just retired from a teaching job, the names of some of the students...Jeeez.... Yes I mispronounced most of the more unusual ones.. The parents fault.. not mine.. that's the way I looked at. Most of the time the student agreed..

 

I dunno, I like the sound of Italian. It is one of the most beautifully expressive languages in the world. Are-dween-oh rolls nicely off my tongue. And I barely get by in Italian.

As to the British being creative - there is no question. They have made many great contributions in science, engineering, art and literature. especially literature.

 

the jet engine

I know that the Brits were close contenders, wasn't the jet engine (and jet plane) first developed by the Nazis in WWII?

oh and the light bulb

Now I'm completely lost... what's Edison got to do with British light bulbs?

On a closing note, I have the highest respect for GB. I've studied its history thoroughly and find it fascinating and worthy of being referenced when other countries deal with crises of their own. Great Britain is an example of how true democracy and representation should evolve.... But I have to say that Scotland too has its share of great people and inventors.

 

@Robin Mitchell
I'm sorry you felt it was rude, but it is a fact. About 1 in 20 companies in the U.K. are not initialisms, Names (Last names or Fist names) or common English words. In the US, about 1 in 4.

Of the top 50 brands in the U.K., only three (Vodafone, Unilever, Tesco).

=============

1

Shell
1
2

Vodafone
2
3

HSBC
3
4

BP
5
5

EY
7
6

Barclays
6
7

BT
4
8

Tesco
8
9

Sky
-
10

O2
9
11

Asda
15
12

Land Rover
11
13

LLoyds Bank
10
14

Three
-
15

BBC
13
16

MINI
25
17

Sainsbury's
18
18

Dove
29
19

Standard Chartered Bank
21
20

Johnnie Walker
23
21

Aviva
16
22

Everything Everywhere Limited
17
23

Unilever
27
24

Marks & Spencer
19
25

Burberry
26
26

Virgin Media
-
27

BHP Billiton
-
28

Prudential
14
29

British Airways
24
30

Rolls-Royce
33
31

Nationwide
39
32

ITV
22
33

Halifax
20
34

Pall Mall
12
35

BAE Systems
41
36

SSE
34
37

NatWest
30
38

RBS
32

39

Capita
37
40

GSK
45
41

Holiday Inn
43
42

Aon
-
43

Morrisons
31
44

Boots
47
45

Lynx
-
46

Royal Mail
35
47

British Gas
42
48

Scottish Widows
48
49

Compass Group
-

Nice list... but it seems to me that of late you've had too much time on your hands... ....

 

UK sir-names. .

Or maybe Surnames?
Max.

 

... But I have to say that Scotland too has its share of great people and inventors.

My daughter just gave me this to read.
Max.

 

Or maybe Surnames?
Max.

No, people like Sir Elton, Sir Richard and Sir Paul

 

My daughter just gave me this to read.
Max.

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The Scots have my admiration, and respect. They're like fire and ice... and extremely creative.