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Bridgestone – Shojiro Ishibashi; the name comes from a calque translation and transposition of "ishibashi," meaning "stone bridge" Briggs & Stratton – Stephen Foster Briggs and Harold M. Stratton; Britek Motorsport – Jason Bright; Brooke Bond – Arthur Brooke; Brooks Locomotive Works – founded by Horatio G. Brooks
Sanrio has created over 450 characters as of 2022, the best known of which is the white cat character Hello Kitty from 1974. [35] Other well-known characters include the rabbit My Melody from 1975, the frog Keroppi from 1988, the penguin Bad Badtz-Maru from 1993, the white dog Cinnamoroll from 2001, the rabbit Kuromi from 2005, the animal series Jewelpet from 2008, the egg character Gudetama ...
Commonly used name by consumers in the U.S. and Canada, but the name is still a trademark. [187] Romex Non-metallic sheathed cable, Thermoplastic-sheathed cable Southwire (company). [188] Commonly used name by consumers in the U.S., but the name is still a trademark. [citation needed] Roomba: Robotic vacuum cleaner: iRobot Corporation
Ohaton, from the Osler, Hammond and Nanton company; Pennsyltucky, from Pennsylvania and Kentucky; Poictesme, from the two French towns Poitiers and Angoulême, used in a number of novels by James Branch Cabell; Sauk Prairie, from Sauk City and Prairie du Sac; Scarberia, from Scarborough and Siberia; SeaTac and Sea-Tac Airport, from Seattle and ...
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Tuckerization (or tuckerism [1]) is the act of using a person's name in an original story as an in-joke.The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a pioneering American science fiction writer, fan and fanzine editor, who made a practice of using his friends' names for minor characters in his stories.
Agent Six from Generator Rex; Agent Smith of The Matrix (franchise) Agent Vinod, from the 1977 and 2012 Indian spy films of the same name; Alec Leamas, in the 1965 film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Alexander Scott, from the TV series I Spy; Allen Gamble and Terry Hoitz, from the movie The Other Guys; Amos Burke, from TV series Burke's Law
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