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Was there really a strong likelihood that people were going to confuse Delta the variant with Delta the airline, to the point where it distracted from the globa
by _djo_ 5y ago
Was there really a strong likelihood that people were going to confuse Delta the variant with Delta the airline, to the point where it distracted from the global response? I don’t think so, and Delta seems to have suffered no specific harm from it.
It’s not about whether the names can be linked to a real world entity. That’s going to be true for all of these in some way. But about what causes severe enough confusion or controversy to hamper things.
- jhbadger 5y agoDelta airlines certainly thought so to the degree that they themselves don't call it "Delta" but rather the numerical designation 1.617.2. https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/delta-air-lines-really-doesn-t-want-to-call-the-delta-variant-the-delta-variant/ar-AANMp2I https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/delta-air-lines-really...
- _djo_ 5y agoYet in that same article they admit they hadn’t seen any actual negative impact. If you’re going to name your airline after the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet you can’t exactly claim ownership over the name or insist that nobody else ever use it for anything.
- areyousure 5y agoAnd yet, if your name matches the 14th letter and is itself only two letters long in the Latin alphabet ...