Comments on: Amazon.com: The river, not the woman warrior http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/ Tells you what makes names tick. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:15:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: The Name Inspector http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/#comment-438 The Name Inspector Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:44:38 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/#comment-438 sagemama, I hadn't thought about that name, but now maybe I will. sagemama, I hadn’t thought about that name, but now maybe I will.

]]> By: sagemama http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/#comment-157 sagemama Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:20:16 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/#comment-157 Love this post- do you have any analysis of the name of Amazon's newest product, the Amazon Unbox? Love this post- do you have any analysis of the name of Amazon’s newest product, the Amazon Unbox?

]]> By: Robert Labossiere http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/#comment-49 Robert Labossiere Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:58:54 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/#comment-49 I definitely started consciously (to be clever;) but then I liked how it reminds you that the Amazon is (still) a very real place, with all the resonance that has: distant, exotic, mysterious, vast, dangerous, and a vital part of our world, the lungs they say... I definitely started consciously (to be clever;) but then I liked how it reminds you that the Amazon is (still) a very real place, with all the resonance that has: distant, exotic, mysterious, vast, dangerous, and a vital part of our world, the lungs they say…

]]> By: The Name Inspector http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/#comment-48 The Name Inspector Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:32:03 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/#comment-48 Thanks for your comment, Robert. I look forward to checking out your blog. It surprises me that you say "in the Amazon" like that--was it something you consciously decided to do (as a kind of joke), or did you just notice yourself doing it? Thanks for your comment, Robert. I look forward to checking out your blog.

It surprises me that you say “in the Amazon” like that–was it something you consciously decided to do (as a kind of joke), or did you just notice yourself doing it?

]]> By: Robert Labossiere http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/#comment-46 Robert Labossiere Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:40:55 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/amazon/#comment-46 Lately, I've taken to referring to Amazon as a place rather than a proper name, e.g., "check out this book in the Amazon"... which has a reference more to the region that the river, could say "on the Amazon" I suppose... I wonder if anyone else has taken this approach. Love your blog. Found via querying "advertising criticism"... something I'm interested in and am hoping to focus on in the next few months on my blog Never Never Mind, www.klooj.net/never/ Lately, I’ve taken to referring to Amazon as a place rather than a proper name, e.g., “check out this book in the Amazon”… which has a reference more to the region that the river, could say “on the Amazon” I suppose… I wonder if anyone else has taken this approach.

Love your blog. Found via querying “advertising criticism”… something I’m interested in and am hoping to focus on in the next few months on my blog Never Never Mind, http://www.klooj.net/never/

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