Archive for the 'Creative Spelling' Category

Achieve life goals and odd spellings beyond your wildest dreams!

Posted in Bad Names, Creative Spelling, Phrase Names, Web App Names on January 30th, 2012 6 Comments »

The Name Inspector was amused–and appalled–to read in the New York Times about a website called Noomii. It’s a directory to help you find a life coach or business coach, and yes, it’s supposed to evoke the phrase “new me”. From one point of view, the name is appropriate. New you, new spelling! But The [...]

Six letters, but at what price?

Posted in Bad Names, Creative Spelling, Orthography, Startup Names on September 26th, 2011 1 Comment »

The Name Inspector was going to write a post about Qwikster, the terrible new name that Netflix has given to the movie-by-mail arm of its business. But really, what is there to say that Fritinancy hasn’t already said? So The Name Inspector has turned to a lesser-known tacky misspelled name, Egnyte, which belongs to a [...]