Comments on: Citgo and other five-letter words http://www.semanticargument.com/2009/05/04/citgo-and-other-five-letter-words/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:55:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob Meyerson http://www.semanticargument.com/2009/05/04/citgo-and-other-five-letter-words/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Rob Meyerson Tue, 05 May 2009 22:58:25 +0000 http://www.semanticargument.com/?p=291#comment-63 Thanks, PvW. To be honest, I hadn't yet gotten around to looking up what "Venza" is supposed to mean. That would've been good research to do while writing this little post, however. I wonder what percentage of Venza owners know what/where Monza is. And hilarious that you brought up the Scrabble word lists. Probably not surprising, but I'm a bit of a Scrabble geek and sometimes do consult the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Scrabble_Players_Dictionary" rel="nofollow">OSPD</a> during naming projects. Thanks, PvW. To be honest, I hadn’t yet gotten around to looking up what “Venza” is supposed to mean. That would’ve been good research to do while writing this little post, however. I wonder what percentage of Venza owners know what/where Monza is.

And hilarious that you brought up the Scrabble word lists. Probably not surprising, but I’m a bit of a Scrabble geek and sometimes do consult the OSPD during naming projects.

]]> By: Paul van Winkle http://www.semanticargument.com/2009/05/04/citgo-and-other-five-letter-words/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Paul van Winkle Tue, 05 May 2009 18:22:09 +0000 http://www.semanticargument.com/?p=291#comment-62 These are good questions. Because they prepare for what will be the inevitable requirements, answering questions for tasks any good naming/branding team will have to address....eventually. This is a good place to go at it from a 'feels-like' and 'sounds-like starting point: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/scrabblelists.htm BTW, you probably knew this, but the Venza name is an amalgamation of "venture" and "Monza," (an Italian race track and city) - and the vehicle itself is considered an adventure 'cross-over' vehicle. These are good questions. Because they prepare for what will be the inevitable requirements, answering questions for tasks any good naming/branding team will have to address….eventually.

This is a good place to go at it from a ‘feels-like’ and ’sounds-like starting point:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/scrabblelists.htm

BTW, you probably knew this, but the Venza name is an amalgamation of “venture” and “Monza,” (an Italian race track and city) – and the vehicle itself is considered an adventure ‘cross-over’ vehicle.

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