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It wasn't obviously a name to me. Next you'll say Nike is a name!
by jefftk 6y ago
It wasn't obviously a name to me. Next you'll say Nike is a name!
- lmm 6y agoNot sure if you were trying to make a joke, but Nike is the Greek goddess of victory.
- 83457 6y agoWhat a coincidence!
- netsharc 6y agoWhat's "Adidas" to you then? the examples show nouns or adjectives that turn out to be the inventor's name (like PageRank, you think it's from "web pages", but oh, it's from "Larry Page", or "Main Street", where you think it's because it's the primary street, but oh, it's actually named after a Mr. Main). So what noun or adjective is "Adidas"? I'm going to complain about being downvoted and I'm gonna grumpily say even HN isn't immune to anti-intellectualism...
- jefftk 6y agoI had thought both Adidas and Nike were made up words, like Kodak.