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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote in message .. . In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems John wrote: I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product names? I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon 400D. Other product names that annoy me: A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster" A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor" A Delta sander named "BOSS". Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish product names? It is a problem with marketting and the American perception. The rest of the world does not have to endure a "Digital Rebel". Apparently, you are a minority in America as Rebel sells more cameras than "400D". I happen to agree with your opinion on this. -- Thomas T. Veldhouse Key Fingerprint: D281 77A5 63EE 82C5 5E68 00E4 7868 0ADC 4EFB 39F0 The Delta sander is named a Bench Oscillating Spindle Sander, hence the short (acronym) B.O.S.S. (with the periods as is printed on the sander's label). Not so strange after all!! Bob |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
"John" wrote in message m... I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product names? I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon 400D. Other product names that annoy me: A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster" A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor" A Delta sander named "BOSS". Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish product names? LOL! John, you made my day. -- jjs who drove a Rabbit once (how embarassing) and still drives a BUG! (fer crying out loud!) |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
"Roy G" wrote in message ... I don't think Dimage is silly. "D" for digital + "Image" that is quite neat. I like it because it's so close to Damage that it's the truth. |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
John wrote:
A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor" First, it is not the name of the automobile but a qualifier like "sport" or "diesel." Second, "kompressor" is the german term for a supercharger and is used only on MB's models that incorporate a supercharger. --/eith |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
In article , Michael
Johnson, PE wrote: Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems John wrote: I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product names? I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon 400D. Other product names that annoy me: A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster" A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor" A Delta sander named "BOSS". Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish product names? It is a problem with marketting and the American perception. The rest of the world does not have to endure a "Digital Rebel". Apparently, you are a minority in America as Rebel sells more cameras than "400D". I happen to agree with your opinion on this. Isn't the Japanese name for the 400D (or some country's version) called the "KISS"? I think I would take the Rebel name over that one. I would like to observe the process for naming some of the products sold here in the USA and abroad. It might make for a good reality TV show and at least as entertaining as some of the other crap they feed us. Marketing actually is not related to having something worth selling. It is all about getting "responses," like pigeons pecking at dark spots in the hope one would turn out to be edible. |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
Roy G wrote:
"Jim Townsend" wrote in message I've always shuddered at the Minolta name D'image. It sounds too much like Damage, or the french world Dommage which translates roughly as 'a pity' or 'too bad'. I don't think Dimage is silly. "D" for digital + "Image" that is quite neat. But it has the word "dim" in it! Not good associative thought. Although I guess I've pronounced it "dee- maj" -- john mcwilliams |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
By the Way "Kompressor" is just Mercedes speak for Diesel, they have that description on the back in Europe. Actually it is a turbo-charged (maybe super charged??) 4 cylinder in the US don't believe it was a Diesel too. They thought it sounded more Tutonic than "Turbo". Tom |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
In article , roy.gibson1
@REMOVE.tesco.net says... By the Way "Kompressor" is just Mercedes speak for Diesel, they have that description on the back in Europe. Oddly enough Mercedes speak for Diesel is... Diesel.. Kompressor means supercharger.. As in the SLK 230 Kompressor. T. |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
"just bob" kilbyfan@aoldotcom wrote in message ... "John" wrote in message m... I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product names? I always assumed the Rebel name came from Canon's Andre Aggasi's advertising campaign many years ago. Who? |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
Ken Lucke wrote:
In article , Michael Johnson, PE wrote: Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems John wrote: I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product names? I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon 400D. Other product names that annoy me: A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster" A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor" A Delta sander named "BOSS". Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish product names? It is a problem with marketting and the American perception. The rest of the world does not have to endure a "Digital Rebel". Apparently, you are a minority in America as Rebel sells more cameras than "400D". I happen to agree with your opinion on this. Isn't the Japanese name for the 400D (or some country's version) called the "KISS"? I think I would take the Rebel name over that one. I would like to observe the process for naming some of the products sold here in the USA and abroad. It might make for a good reality TV show and at least as entertaining as some of the other crap they feed us. Marketing actually is not related to having something worth selling. It is all about getting "responses," like pigeons pecking at dark spots in the hope one would turn out to be edible. Those of you who have visited the San Diego Wild Animal park might like to know the evolution of the name of the monorail. There were exhausting meetings with endless discussion about what it should be called. Eventually the committee settled on "(Something or other) Bush Line", but "(Something or other) just wouldn't come right, somehow. Finally, one tired and cynical member said, "Who gives a s**t anyway?" And so it came to be: The Wgasa Bush Line. True story told to me by a man who took a seminar with a member of the committee, who guaranteed its veracity. Every time I ride the thing I ask the guide how the name came to be. They seem to have been coached to say, "If you know enough to ask that question you probably know the answer." -- Frank ess |
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