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Vote for The Name Inspector, please.

Posted in Uncategorized on July 8th, 2009 5 Comments »

The Name Inspector has been nominated for the “Top 100 Language Blogs 2009″ contest run by the blog LexioPhiles. Please consider giving him your vote.

Why the “millionth word” story is silly

Posted in Bad Linguistics, News, Orthography, Uncategorized, Words on June 12th, 2009 1 Comment »

On Wednesday the Global Language Monitor “announced” that English got its one-millionth word at precisely 10:22 am GMT that day. And the word was Web 2.0, so naturally, blogs such as  Mashable, John Battelle’s Searchblog,  and TechCrunch took notice.
Now, The Name Inspector realizes that the “millionth word” story is a ridiculous play for attention that’s [...]

Names in the wild: Sonic Boom Records

Posted in Company Names, Names, Names in the Wild, Uncategorized on July 27th, 2007 No Comments »

Tags: sonic boom, sonic boom records, records, record stores, capitol hill, seattle

The Name Inspector mentioned on NPR affiliate KPBS

Posted in Media Coverage, Uncategorized on June 13th, 2007 No Comments »

The Name Inspector is pleased and flattered to have been mentioned by lexicographer Grant Barrett on his radio show “A Way with Words“, produced by NPR affiliate station KPBS in San Diego. Here’s a link to the podcast. Grant mentions The Name Inspector just a couple minutes in when he talks about two of his [...]

BizJam: One half-price admission available

Posted in Uncategorized on June 7th, 2007 No Comments »

The Name Inspector would like to remind everyone in the Seattle area about BizJam, which is happening all day this coming Saturday. If you’ve been on the fence about whether to go, take note: The Name Inspector is prepared to offer one of his readers a half-price discount on admission. The first person to send [...]

“Nothing sounds glupee than bad pun”: The Name Inspector in Russian

Posted in Uncategorized on May 25th, 2007 2 Comments »

The Name Inspector’s 10 name types post has been translated into Russian. Just for fun, here it is translated back into English by Google Translate.

Meet The Name Inspector

Posted in Events, Uncategorized on March 11th, 2007 No Comments »

Are you a businessperson in the Seattle area? Are you naming (or renaming) your company, product or service? Join The Name Inspector for a Biznik workshop on Monday, March 19. The cost is $20, and don’t dawdle, because the workshop is limited to 20 participants. Basic membership in Biznik is free, so click on the [...]