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Shell (the oil company) is actually named Royal Dutch Shell. For a moment I was confused by the title. According to wikipedia it is really named after sea shel

by blue1 5y ago

Shell (the oil company) is actually named Royal Dutch Shell. For a moment I was confused by the title. According to wikipedia it is really named after sea shells.

capableweb 5y ago
One would think that the logo of the company would be enough to make sure everyone knows where the name comes from :) At first I though it was kind of macabre, but then I got reminded that it's basically standard practice, exterminators frequently have bugs as their logo, bacon packages have happy pigs and so on.
- Dort 5y ago
  The shell logo dates back to the 19th century, when Shell traded in decorative Japanese seashells. You can read more of the logo history at (Dutch) https://www.shell.nl/over-ons/netherlands/history.html https://www.shell.nl/over-ons/netherlands/history.html
DoingIsLearning 5y ago
It's not just Shell, it's an honorary title for a lot of old 'notable' companies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninklijk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninklijk
- Vinnl 5y ago
  I think they were referring to the fact that the title mentioned "Dutch shell", which is almost the complete name of Shell-the-company.
  - simondotau 5y ago
    Weirdly, I read this whole thread and assumed people were referring to shell in the form of an empty sea shell, representing an analogy to remnants of a now-dead life form. Which is what crude oil pretty much is. I didn't even think "shell corporation" until I read your comment.
rjmunro 5y ago
I was very confused by the title. I was wondering if Uber was doing some sort of tax avoidance deal involving gasoline or something.
DyslexicAtheist 5y ago
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_corporation - not to be confused with "shelf companies" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_corporation) which are structures that have been artificially aged to avoid risk assessments based on how old the company is.

by blue1 5y ago

Shell (the oil company) is actually named Royal Dutch Shell. For a moment I was confused by the title. According to wikipedia it is really named after sea shells.

capableweb 5y ago

One would think that the logo of the company would be enough to make sure everyone knows where the name comes from :) At first I though it was kind of macabre, but then I got reminded that it's basically standard practice, exterminators frequently have bugs as their logo, bacon packages have happy pigs and so on.

Dort 5y ago
The shell logo dates back to the 19th century, when Shell traded in decorative Japanese seashells. You can read more of the logo history at (Dutch) https://www.shell.nl/over-ons/netherlands/history.html https://www.shell.nl/over-ons/netherlands/history.html

DoingIsLearning 5y ago

It's not just Shell, it's an honorary title for a lot of old 'notable' companies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninklijk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninklijk

Vinnl 5y ago
I think they were referring to the fact that the title mentioned "Dutch shell", which is almost the complete name of Shell-the-company.
- simondotau 5y ago
  Weirdly, I read this whole thread and assumed people were referring to shell in the form of an empty sea shell, representing an analogy to remnants of a now-dead life form. Which is what crude oil pretty much is. I didn't even think "shell corporation" until I read your comment.

rjmunro 5y ago

I was very confused by the title. I was wondering if Uber was doing some sort of tax avoidance deal involving gasoline or something.

DyslexicAtheist 5y ago

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_corporation - not to be confused with "shelf companies" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_corporation) which are structures that have been artificially aged to avoid risk assessments based on how old the company is.