Re: The Gentle Art of Naming. Need Your Help
I did a little survey here at work...
no one thought of the type of nuts
your friend was thinking off...I'm
wondering about your friend...;-)
> Gordon and Dien, congratulations on your new
> outstanding endeavor - this discussion
> place!
> Here is the question.
> One of my friends just bought a special gift
> for his wife (they celebrated their 25th
> anniversary).
> He bought her a...star.
> A certificate of "ownership" to be
> exact.
> My wife's reaction was: "Nuts!"
> Verily, "nutty" people buy and
> sell different kinds of "chattel"
> - Brooklyn Bridges, stars, Lincoln Farms.
> So, in a couple of days I am opening my new
> "Business Nuts" group for
> information exchange on the most weird,
> funny, "nutty" businesses that
> believe it or not pay well.
> The problem is that another friend found the
> name "Business Nuts" highly
> OFFENSIVE.
> Full of SEXUAL connotations (his judgement).
> Probably I am dumb, but I just don't hear
> those connotations in this simple word-play.
> Do you?
> Please help.
> Simon
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