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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
A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume.
An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation). [1] Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post coined the word inaptonym as an antonym for "aptonym". [2] The word "euonym" (eu-+ -onym), dated to late 1800, is defined as "a name well suited to the person, place, or thing named". [3]
Derived from the name of the inventor, László Bíró. [65] Bobcat Skid-steer loader: Bobcat Company: This usage is especially common in Australia. The Clark Equipment Company has successfully defended the trademark against dilution and genericization at least in two cases relating to domain names with the World Intellectual Property ...
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 ...
Companies young and old go through changes and growing pains over the years. It's hard to believe how much some big-name company logos have changed while others seem to have changed hardly at all.
The studios are most well known for creating famous characters such as Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Bimbo, and producing shorts for licensed characters such as Popeye the Sailor and Superman. In 1942, Fleischer Studios was renamed to Famous Studios (later Paramount Cartoon Studios) after Paramount Pictures acquired it. The studio has also ...
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