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Shocking Names/origin of some companies & Their Meanings by Nobody: 11:12pm On Mar 09, 2013 |
1.Mercedes - Name of the daughter of the founder 2.Nokia - Name of city in Finland 3.Pepsi - Named from the digestive enzyme pepsi 4.Honda - From the name of its founder Soichiro Honda 5.Sony - from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound 6.Maggi - Food company named after its founder,Julius Maggi 7.Suzuki - From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki 8.Samsung - Meaning 'three stars' in Korea 9. Toyota - From the name of founder, Sakichi Toyoda 10.Yamaha - After Torakusu Yamaha, who founded the company 11.Adidas - From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler. (das) 2 Likes |
Re: Shocking Names/origin of some companies & Their Meanings by Nobody: 8:24am On Mar 10, 2013 |
No comment? |
Re: Shocking Names/origin of some companies & Their Meanings by omaigala(m): 8:51am On Mar 10, 2013 |
Quite educative. Thumbs up. |
Re: Shocking Names/origin of some companies & Their Meanings by Nobody: 11:07am On Mar 12, 2013 |
No traffic, why? |
Re: Shocking Names/origin of some companies & Their Meanings by Emmyk(m): 11:25pm On Mar 12, 2013 |
Ehhm, is the enzyme PEPSI or PEPTIN? |
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