# THINK before you name your product

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 24, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920 "2003-04-24T18:39:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/81 "2003-04-27T07:33:47Z")

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> \*Originally posted by LordVor \*  
> \*\*My favorites:
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> 1. Windows CE, often shortened to WinCE. They named their product “Wince”.
> 2. The Ventura County bus system is known as “South Coast Area Transit”. They actually run radio ads asking you to “Ride the SCAT bus”.
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> -lv \*\*

LMAO!! I never thought of the SCAT name in that light. I’ve been hearing them for years!

But I’ll never hear them any other way again!

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