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Origin of odd names?

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  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,580
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    What about Hack saw? There is no hacking involved!
  • Paul Pollets
    Paul Pollets Member Posts: 3,656
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    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
    hot_rod Member Posts: 22,141
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    PT, Petes plugs. Originally named after Peterson the original inventor?
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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,526
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    @Paul Pollets I know. That's what makes me smile. ;)
    Retired and loving it.
  • Mike_Sheppard
    Mike_Sheppard Member Posts: 696
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    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.
    Never stop learning.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,676
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    Speaking of odd names, there's no such thing as a hot water boiler. Just saying.
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  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,580
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    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
    MikeL_2 Member Posts: 489
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    A " cats paw " looks more like a pig's hoof.........
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 9,639
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    As someone who has learned entirely through reading, is Taco pronounced like the mexican food or some other way?
  • Mike_Sheppard
    Mike_Sheppard Member Posts: 696
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    > @mattmia2 said:
    > As someone who has learned entirely through reading, is Taco pronounced like the mexican food or some other way?

    Tayco
    Never stop learning.
  • Erin Holohan Haskell
    Erin Holohan Haskell Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 2,284
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    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. ;)
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  • SeanBeans
    SeanBeans Member Posts: 520
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    I like saying Taco
    mattmia2
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,676
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    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. ;)
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  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,580
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    Another demonstration of why punctuation marks a so important.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,676
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    SlamDunk said:

    Another demonstration of why punctuation marks a so important.

    You do not generally use punctuation within a word or name.
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  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,506
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    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)!
    steve
  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,580
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    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
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,676
    edited October 2019
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    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.
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  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,580
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    I can't imagine anyone searching for taco bell. Ick.
  • Larry Weingarten
    Larry Weingarten Member Posts: 3,293
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    Hmmm, Perhaps we should call it Tayco Bell and see if Taco moves up in the search results. :p

    Yours, Larry
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,737
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    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.
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  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,676
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    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.
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  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 9,639
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    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
    SeanBeans
  • Jellis
    Jellis Member Posts: 228
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    @Danny Scully
    How about the Scully Cap.
    Danny Scully
  • SeanBeans
    SeanBeans Member Posts: 520
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    @mattmia2 work smarter not harder!

    I’m all for Taco Bell.
    mattmia2
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,424
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    That’s Scally, not Scully @Jellis :wink:
  • Jellis
    Jellis Member Posts: 228
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    Danny Scully said:

    That’s Scally, not Scully @Jellis :wink:

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

    The Scally cap is the hat I thought?
  • Shalom
    Shalom Member Posts: 165
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    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"...

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