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BruteForce
03-15-2008, 10:31 AM
List of company name etymologies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologi es)

I found this one kind of amusing:

BIC Corporation — the pen company was named after one of its founders, Marcel Bich. He dropped the final 'h' to avoid a potentially inappropriate English pronunciation of the name.

"Have you seen my pen... Bich?"

Bigdogjim
03-15-2008, 11:41 AM
Should have left the last letter there. :LOL: :LOL:

sailsmen
03-15-2008, 03:18 PM
I met him way back when he liked everything French Blue.

A friend's family had a company named EZ-m. They made enemas which we used as pen holders for our Bics in HS.:lol: