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"They called the company Boso ("Buy Online Sell Online"), unaware of the clownish connotations that word would have in the States." It wouldn't be Levy if it d
by byrneseyeview 19y ago
"They called the company Boso ("Buy Online Sell Online"), unaware of the clownish connotations that word would have in the States."
It wouldn't be Levy if it didn't have a grating line like this. Of course nobody could have a successful Internet presence with a name that connoted stupidity or ignorance -- what kind of yahoo would think otherwise?
- pc 19y agoLevy is right, though -- "as in, bozo?" is the response of most Americans when they hear the name spoken.