Comments on: How to Get a One Word Domain Name http://agitationist.com/how-to-get-a-one-word-domain-name served irregularly for your edification Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:09:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Agitationist http://agitationist.com/how-to-get-a-one-word-domain-name/comment-page-1#comment-3 Agitationist Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:50:00 +0000 http://bloglabs.net/blog/?p=27#comment-3 DE: Good point - there's always the possibility of a non-English meaning. I'll give Hoera a break because the site is in Dutch and I can't read it. But the others are all in English, and even their "About" and "FAQ" pages give no indication of any meaning to their names. There is one exception: Symbaloo is another Dutch site, and they state: "Symbaloo is an ancient Greek verb meaning 'gathering' 'assembling'. It perfectly reflects the mission of the company." Sure, guys. DE: Good point – there’s always the possibility of a non-English meaning. I’ll give Hoera a break because the site is in Dutch and I can’t read it. But the others are all in English, and even their “About” and “FAQ” pages give no indication of any meaning to their names.
There is one exception: Symbaloo is another Dutch site, and they state:
“Symbaloo is an ancient Greek verb meaning ‘gathering’ ‘assembling’. It perfectly reflects the mission of the company.”
Sure, guys.

]]> By: DE http://agitationist.com/how-to-get-a-one-word-domain-name/comment-page-1#comment-2 DE Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:47:34 +0000 http://bloglabs.net/blog/?p=27#comment-2 You have picked on a few European startups. I certainly don't know what Wakoopa means in Dutch, or Twingly means in Swedish, but maybe they are not totally random. I thought Hoera may have had a meaning in, er, whatever language was common to the founders. Wasn't it Hurrah or something? Then there is the Ruby GUI product called "shoes". They have named themselves, wait for it, shoooes.net You have picked on a few European startups. I certainly don’t know what Wakoopa means in Dutch, or Twingly means in Swedish, but maybe they are not totally random. I thought Hoera may have had a meaning in, er, whatever language was common to the founders. Wasn’t it Hurrah or something?

Then there is the Ruby GUI product called “shoes”. They have named themselves, wait for it, shoooes.net

]]>