# " Three Parasites Apartments" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 11, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767 "2008-12-11T21:05:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/21 "2008-12-12T02:19:24Z")
For some reason, I thought this would be somebody complaining about a trio of lazy/slovenly/thieving housemates. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/22 "2008-12-12T03:55:01Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Kia’s **Sportage** which pops the word **Spoilage** immediately into my head. Chevrolet’s Epica is another one of these - I can’t see the name without thinking of Ipecac, which makes you barf - probably not the association they were going for. I can’t even call a Yukon Denali by its right name at this point - it’s always a Yukon Denial to me (I even typed it that way first). Then there’s GMC’s Penis Envoy. 😃 We always make a point of pronouncing the “e” at the end of names like “Olde Pointe.” It really seems to puncture the pretentiousness. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/23 "2008-12-12T03:59:58Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > The big trend out here is The Something At Something, where both Somethings are completely made up and meaningless. “The Carbuncle at Pointingham” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/24 "2008-12-12T05:16:07Z")
There is a pricey condominium complex on the other side of town called “The Enclave”.\* Presumably they have a moat and turrets with boiling oil to pour on any invaders. There are also several developments with the word Cove in their name, none of which are remotely near any body of water, unless you count drainage ditches. > [@Binarydrone](#): > > My theory has always been that these places are named after the most prominent ecological feature that was destroyed in its construction. This especially applies to developments named after animals, i.e. Fox Chase, Eagle Lake etc. The obvious exception would be if you named a place for deer, which find new homesites to be prime habitat. \*I don’t know what Buick was thinking of, calling an SUV the Enclave. Probably it was the inspiration of the same genius who decided we’d think Buicks were hip if they paid Tiger Woods zillions to endorse them. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/25 "2008-12-12T06:29:57Z")
Do unfortunate acronyms count in this thread? Because I just had to write a profile on an association called ASPILOW. And on Monday, the standardized aptitude test my son is taking is called SCAT. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/26 "2008-12-12T10:18:30Z")
The Toyota Previa is unfortunate to me, ever since my maternal-child nursing class. Something tells me they didn’t Google it. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/27 "2008-12-12T13:50:03Z")
Wow, I had no idea about Summerland. Still, better that than calling it “The Other Place.” > [@Millit\_the\_Frail](#): > > The Toyota Previa is unfortunate to me, ever since my maternal-child nursing class. Something tells me they didn’t Google it. Along those lines, I was always aghast that there’d be a porn star called Candida Royalle. Candida is a yeast infection! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/28 "2008-12-12T14:26:20Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Along those lines, I was always aghast that there’d be a porn star called Candida Royalle. Candida is a yeast infection! I don’t know if “candida” as a name given to a yeast infection was commonly and widely known until fairly recently. There is, of course, Candida Royale; but “Candida,” by [Tony Orlando and Dawn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Orlando_and_Dawn), was also a hit pop song in 1970. I doubt that either Ms. Royale or Mr. Orlando would have used the name if it was widely known as an infection. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/29 "2008-12-12T14:53:11Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I don’t know if “candida” as a name given to a yeast infection was commonly and widely known until fairly recently. There is, of course, Candida Royale; but “Candida,” by [Tony Orlando and Dawn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Orlando_and_Dawn), was also a hit pop song in 1970. I doubt that either Ms. Royale or Mr. Orlando would have used the name if it was widely known as an infection. That’s pretty much all that comes up from googling. What else does it mean, besides that? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/30 "2008-12-12T14:59:39Z")
> [@Millit\_the\_Frail](#): > > The Toyota Previa is unfortunate to me, ever since my maternal-child nursing class. Something tells me they didn’t Google it. The Mk. I Previa was launched in 1990, so I don’t think they had the option of Googling it yet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/31 "2008-12-12T15:49:43Z")
I just went to look at a potential new home in a development called “Pinetree Estates.” You’d think that, considering how overpriced the homes were, they’d pick a more desirable tree. Related-but-not-really: My wife’s parents live on Springmeadow Drive. Her sister lives on the next block - Singingwood Drive. I’ve recently taken to combining the two street names and calling that development “Springwood Drive.” ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/32 "2008-12-12T16:30:00Z")
I once passed a road called Muff Cresent. it was in the parish of Muff, which is near a town called Nobber. I bought a raffle ticket for the Muff Fair, the first prize was a donkey. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/33 "2008-12-12T16:30:13Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > That’s pretty much all that comes up from googling. What else does it mean, besides that? I’m not sure I understand your question, but I’ll take a shot. Based on the song and Ms. Royale’s adopted name, I always thought “Candida” was a girl’s name. Here, look at part of the chorus of the song, and see if you agree: _Oh my Candida We could make it together The further from here girl the better…_ No mention or inference of a yeast infection. Like I said, I was unaware that “candida” was a yeast infection until fairly recently. I’m sure that fans of Ms. Royale and fans of old 70s pop would share my surprise that the word is perhaps nowadays better known as a yeast infection than as a girl’s name. As a girl’s name, it seems to have been around for a long time–its etymology is given at [this link](http://www.behindthename.com/name/candida): > [@](#): > > CANDIDA > Gender: Feminine > Usage: Late Roman, English > Pronounced: KAN-di-də (English) > > Late Latin name derived from candidus meaning “white”. This was the name of several early saints, including a woman supposedly healed by Saint Peter. As an English name, it came into use after George Bernard Shaw’s play ‘Candida’ (1898). While you’re correct–“candida” is also the name of a yeast infection–I would suggest that as recently as the 70s, it was known only to medical practitioners and sufferers; and to the population at large, was better known as a girl’s name. ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/34 "2008-12-12T16:44:43Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > There’s a borough in London called Shepherd’s Bush which hasn’t seen a shepherd or even a bush in a thousand years or more. Actually, London used to be surprisingly small until relatively recently - most of the metropolis is only a couple of centuries old. There’s still a small patch of common land there and it was probably a rural village two or three centuries ago. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/35 "2008-12-12T16:51:39Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I once posted about a development named Aspen Ridge where, after the trees were removed and the ground levelled for construction, there were no longer any aspens or ridges. Heh. Same with ‘Elk Run’. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/36 "2008-12-12T17:20:56Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > \*I don’t know what Buick was thinking of, calling an SUV the Enclave. Probably it was the inspiration of the same genius who decided we’d think Buicks were hip if they paid Tiger Woods zillions to endorse them. “It’s okay, she was driving an SUV.” “Oh good! Those things are like a gated community on wheels.” - Sherwin Tjia, _Pedigree Girls_ ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/37 "2008-12-12T17:41:10Z")
Welcome to Joe’s apartment 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/38 "2008-12-12T17:41:28Z")
The guy that came up with such gems for the auto industry as _Cutlass Supreme Brougham_ has obviously moved on to Real Estate. Most everything has got at least 3 names, one or two of which invaribly come from the following list: Point, or Pointe Place, or Plaza if you want a pseudoLatin connotation. View, or Vista for some more vaguely-Latin connotation Terrace or Terrazo Crossing Park(e) Town(e) Village Mutual of Omaha is trying to gentrify the aging neighborhood surrounding its headquarters with “Midtown Crossing at Turner Park”. In that one of the buildings torn down was the old Studebaker dealership, I thought that _Silverhawk_ would have evoked some of the area’s history and provided an elegant one-word break from the tedious “Vista Plaza Suites at Yada-yada Crossing Place” feel of the name they chose. Another one I thought of; _Avanti_ would have implied “advanced” (though the crap they’re throwing up looks like more-of-the-same generic high-rise) and also linked with the neighborhood’s history. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/39 "2008-12-12T17:50:55Z")
There’s a [Ferry Landing in Sugar Land, TX](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ferry+landing,+sugar+land,+tx+77478&sll=29.591465,-95.601697&sspn=0.014237,0.020792&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17&g=ferry+landing,+sugar+land,+tx+77478&iwloc=addr); the nearest actual ferry landing I’m aware of is about 65 miles away in Galveston. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767/40 "2008-12-12T18:13:53Z")
Or those that can’t make up their minds. We have a ‘Blue River Ranch Lakes Estates’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-parasites-apartments/476767.md?page=3)