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Easy to pronounce is pretty important. One startup I was at, I had to spell the name every time I mentioned it to someone new. "I work for Wayfarer Communicati
by kabdib 14y ago
Easy to pronounce is pretty important. One startup I was at, I had to spell the name every time I mentioned it to someone new.
"I work for Wayfarer Communications."
"Wafer?"
"No, /Way Fare Er/"
"Wayfarfar?"
"Double-ewe Aye Why Eff Aye Are Eee Are."
"Oh . . . what does it mean?"
Not a /bad/ name, but not optimal, either.
- mikestew 14y agoAt least "wayfarer" is a word. I worked at "Adapx". Don't feel bad, everyone except the employees pronounced it wrong. The fact that the marketing company that charged them for it wasn't laughed out of the room amuses me. The decision makers had to have asked, "how do you pronounce it?" And they wrote a check anyway. ("Adapts" or maybe "adaps" is the intended pronunciation, I'm still not exactly sure and I worked there.)