Comments on: Withoutabox & Unbox

By: Bruce P. Henry

Bruce P. Henry — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:18:22 +0000

I find that “withoutabox” invokes a feeling of opposition to “withinabox” (as well as all those things you pointed out. I too really like the withoutabox name.

Makes me wonder if there aren’t a bunch of indian doamins like http://with.in and http://here.in and http://there.in just waiting to be registered.

Oops, looks like I’m late to that party.

By: raj

raj — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:34:50 +0000

Hi,

Iam looking a name for my start-up. It works on wireless telecom domain. Can u help me out

By: Cinnamon

Cinnamon — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:46:04 +0000

hi,

my guess is that the noun interpretation comes to mind partly because of the stress pattern: I read “Unbox” with stress on the first syllable, so it doesn’t really fit the pattern of uncage or unwrap. Maybe the word “inbox” is exerting some analogical influence here, as well.

By: The Name Inspector

The Name Inspector — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:02:01 +0000

Thanks for your comment, DevonTT. Yeah, I considered discussing the noun interpretation, but decided I was being unduly influenced by that same old ad campaign. Maybe it still has more resonance than I thought!

By: DevonTT

DevonTT — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:17:31 +0000

Interesting analysis. Thank you.

It’s funny–my first impression of Unbox was that it was a noun. Maybe I’m still being influenced by 7Up’s “Uncola” campaign from the 70’s…