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The reasoning behind Lavabo was that its a short name and probably easy to remember. In romance languages Lavare means to wash, and Lavabo comes from old Latin

by quotz 3y ago

The reasoning behind Lavabo was that its a short name and probably easy to remember. In romance languages Lavare means to wash, and Lavabo comes from old Latin which also means washbasin. The meaning of the word does not really have a great connection to our products besides that for some products in our product line people usually put them on the sink haha like the toothpaste and mouthwash. Earthbound might be more difficult to pronounce for some other languages but our main market is the US, with Europe following later on.

mindcrime 3y ago
> The reasoning behind Lavabo was that its a short name and probably easy to remember. I'm not sure "short" necessarily equates to "easy to remember". I mean, I'm no expert, and feel free to ignore this, as it's probably very subjective. But to my way of thinking, the fact that Lavabo isn't (in English, AFAIK) a "real word" with any particular connotation or association, makes it "not memorable" to a degree that offsets the "easy to remember because it's short" part. I mean, consider, "Inprise" is also a short, easy to remember word, and yet that is widely considered one of the worst debacles in corporate re-branding ever. > In romance languages Lavare means to wash, and Lavabo comes from old Latin which also means washbasin. TBH, this sounds a bit like "overthinking things" or trying to be clever for the sake of being clever. Is anybody going to buy your product because of this? If not, then it doesn't matter. Earthbound seems kinda cool though. Anyway... that that for what it's worth. Again, totally not an expert. I could be totally off-base here.
- quotz 3y ago
  Youre very much right, the only reason I am defending Lavabo right now is to just for the sake of the debate. Subjectively I prefer the name Earthbound. But I am also looking for objective reasons to pick that name hence this post! We actually did some surveys that we sent to friends and posted on socials, we got some 100 responses and the votes were 70 Lavabo / 30 Earthbound for some reason, but it could be that the results were skewed due voters from our native countries in europe :D

by quotz 3y ago

mindcrime 3y ago

> The reasoning behind Lavabo was that its a short name and probably easy to remember. I'm not sure "short" necessarily equates to "easy to remember". I mean, I'm no expert, and feel free to ignore this, as it's probably very subjective. But to my way of thinking, the fact that Lavabo isn't (in English, AFAIK) a "real word" with any particular connotation or association, makes it "not memorable" to a degree that offsets the "easy to remember because it's short" part. I mean, consider, "Inprise" is also a short, easy to remember word, and yet that is widely considered one of the worst debacles in corporate re-branding ever. > In romance languages Lavare means to wash, and Lavabo comes from old Latin which also means washbasin. TBH, this sounds a bit like "overthinking things" or trying to be clever for the sake of being clever. Is anybody going to buy your product because of this? If not, then it doesn't matter. Earthbound seems kinda cool though. Anyway... that that for what it's worth. Again, totally not an expert. I could be totally off-base here.

quotz 3y ago
Youre very much right, the only reason I am defending Lavabo right now is to just for the sake of the debate. Subjectively I prefer the name Earthbound. But I am also looking for objective reasons to pick that name hence this post! We actually did some surveys that we sent to friends and posted on socials, we got some 100 responses and the votes were 70 Lavabo / 30 Earthbound for some reason, but it could be that the results were skewed due voters from our native countries in europe :D