Origin of odd names?

SlamDunk

What about Hack saw? There is no hacking involved!

Paul Pollets

DanHolohan said:

While in Germany, I saw a schmutzfänger. It sure looked like a wye strainer.

Gosh, I love saying that word. .

Schmutz is the yiddish word for "dirt". "Fanger" is a trap or trapper.

hot_rod

PT, Petes plugs. Originally named after Peterson the original inventor?

DanHolohan

@Paul Pollets I know. That's what makes me smile.

Mike_Sheppard

I was wondering where the name Hush Puppies came from (as I am eating them right now!). Looked it up and found they were used to keep dogs quiet, nice!

I was also pleased to find out the first recorded use of hush puppies was in 1899, the same year the Carbon Club standardized the design pressure of steam and temperature of water.

ChrisJ

Speaking of odd names, there's no such thing as a hot water boiler. Just saying.

SlamDunk

How about this spin:

water pump pliers=channel locks="hog jaws" in the deep south= pericos in mexico (because they look like a parrot's beak)

MikeL_2

A " cats paw " looks more like a pig's hoof.........

mattmia2

As someone who has learned entirely through reading, is Taco pronounced like the mexican food or some other way?

Mike_Sheppard

> @mattmia2 said:
> As someone who has learned entirely through reading, is Taco pronounced like the mexican food or some other way?

Tayco

Erin Holohan Haskell

Yes, it's pronounced "Tay-co". It stands for the Thermal Appliance Company (T.A.CO.).

Tacos are for eating, but Taco is for heating.

SeanBeans

I like saying Taco

ChrisJ

I don't know.
Trying to say something spelled Taco is pronounced Tayco sounds awfully similar to claiming your name spelled Bucket is pronounced Bouquet.

SlamDunk

Another demonstration of why punctuation marks a so important.

ChrisJ

SlamDunk said:

Another demonstration of why punctuation marks a so important.

You do not generally use punctuation within a word or name.

STEVEusaPA

What's funny (to me) about taco-Taco, is when you first type it into your google search, you always get taco (or taco bell). But after you visit Taco's website, you usually get that first as you type. Google (shaking fist)!

SlamDunk

ChrisJ said:

SlamDunk said:

Another demonstration of why punctuation marks a so important.

You do not generally use punctuation within a word or name.

This is true...

http://mentalfloss.com/article/24636/spell-it-out-16-abbreviated-company-names-explained

.....But from a marketing standpoint, Taco must direct a lot of internet traffic to taco bell! They don't even show up on the first five google pages..

ChrisJ

SlamDunk said:

ChrisJ said:

SlamDunk said:

Another demonstration of why punctuation marks a so important.

You do not generally use punctuation within a word or name.

This is true...

http://mentalfloss.com/article/24636/spell-it-out-16-abbreviated-company-names-explained

.....But from a marketing standpoint, Taco must direct a lot of internet traffic to taco bell! They don't even show up on the first five google pages..

To be fair,
Who do you think is getting more searches, Taco or Tacobell? I'm betting more people search for Tacobell in a day than do for the pump company in a week or four.

Nothing against them, it's just fast food is far more popular than a good pump.

SlamDunk

I can't imagine anyone searching for taco bell. Ick.

Larry Weingarten

Hmmm, Perhaps we should call it Tayco Bell and see if Taco moves up in the search results.

Yours, Larry

KC_Jones

So are we onto odd pronunciations now?

Niece is a school teacher, first day of school calling out student names. She sees one and can't bring herself to say it, finally figures out the name is pronounced Ash-O-Lay, but it's spelled as the hole in your hind quarters.

I still can't figure out why we have so many fiction writers when the real world is so much more interesting.

ChrisJ

SlamDunk said:

I can't imagine anyone searching for taco bell. Ick.

I don't like it either, but they have over 7000 locations. I assure you they're popular.

mattmia2

i've searched for and ordered online from taco bell on my phone while sitting in a line around the building at the driver through

Jellis

@Danny Scully
How about the Scully Cap.

SeanBeans

@mattmia2 work smarter not harder!

I’m all for Taco Bell.

Danny Scully

That’s Scally, not Scully @Jellis

Jellis

Danny Scully said:

That’s Scally, not Scully @Jellis

https://www.supplyhouse.com/Beckett-13100-2-SpeedFiLL-Scully-Cap?gclid=EAIaIQobChMInuL9lLay5QIVA-iGCh0IeA2zEAQYASABEgLSzvD_BwE

The Scally cap is the hat I thought?

Shalom

ChrisJ said:

I don't know.
Trying to say something spelled Taco is pronounced Tayco sounds awfully similar to claiming your name spelled Bucket is pronounced Bouquet.

Or pronouncing Earwig as "Ah-Wij"...