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Curtis's avatar

Who tf comes up with these names??

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Annie's avatar

I know. I'm torn with being impressed with the names and wanting to scream at how stupid they sound.

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Curtis's avatar

A little mental exercise I sometimes do is to try to come up with a good, new name for a model of car.... Try it; you might be surprised at how difficult it is!

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Formerly_Known_As_Someone's avatar

Pharma ad copywriters who specialize in drug names. Pays handsomely. An aquaintance of mine’s dad was one.

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Vonu's avatar

Who came up with yours?

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Curtis's avatar

It's true origin is probably lost to antiquity, but I do know that it comes from the word "courteous", if you don't know, that means polite. 😉

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Vonu's avatar

"Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin from the Old French curteis (Modern French courtois) which derived from the Spanish Cortés (of which Cortez is a variation) and the Portuguese and Galician Cardoso." Wikipedia

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