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minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoThey also top the list of all time worst names for any company or product. Nice car- what kind is it? Oh it’s a Build Your Dreams. Yes ok, I have a Honda but cool
minus-squareiktlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoYou’re going to love the Yangwang! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangwang I get the feeling the Chinese don’t particularly care to westernise their brand names anymore …
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoI think they need to consult with any english native speaker and ask them what comes to mind first when you hear the term yangwang
minus-squareyessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoThat’s actually not what BYD stood for originally, it was a reference to a city I think
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoLG is supposed to be Life’s Good. No one calls it that either. And then there’s FIAT…
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 hours agoI hope you’re sitting down, because LG stands for Lucky Goldstar
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoLG was originally lucky goldstar, a combination of two companies that merged. They rebranded as LG and “Life’s Good” was just a slogan they tacked on, it was never the company name.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoNo one calls them Lucky Goldstar either.
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoThey used to, the point is that “life’s good” was never the name of the company, it was a slogan.
They also top the list of all time worst names for any company or product.
Nice car- what kind is it? Oh it’s a Build Your Dreams. Yes ok, I have a Honda but cool
You’re going to love the Yangwang!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangwang
I get the feeling the Chinese don’t particularly care to westernise their brand names anymore …
I think they need to consult with any english native speaker and ask them what comes to mind first when you hear the term yangwang
That’s actually not what BYD stood for originally, it was a reference to a city I think
ooooh like FIAT
LG is supposed to be Life’s Good. No one calls it that either.
And then there’s FIAT…
I hope you’re sitting down, because LG stands for Lucky Goldstar
LG was originally lucky goldstar, a combination of two companies that merged. They rebranded as LG and “Life’s Good” was just a slogan they tacked on, it was never the company name.
No one calls them Lucky Goldstar either.
They used to, the point is that “life’s good” was never the name of the company, it was a slogan.