What’s in a name?

In trying to find a suitable title for this blog, I checked out a lot of sites – including a blog that was started by someone wanting suggestions from readers as to what he/she should name the blog! I settled on “Reflections, Ruminations & Recollections” because it captured what this blog is about. It is not a snazzy title – I am leaving it to my kids, and especially Neeta who is probably the most creative one, to come up with something that has more pizzaz!

One does have to be careful when coming up with a name or it could lead to unintended consequences as is only too apparent in these actual domain names.

I am sure the people responsible for some of these kept the names despite the room for misinterpretation!

Who Represents provides the name of the agent who represents any celebrity. Go to www.whorepresents.com/

Experts Exchange is where programmers share their expertise at www.expertsexchange.com/. They apparently had a fair number of inquiries from people wanting a sex change so they hyphenated the name to read experts-exchange.com!

If you need a pen you would, of course, go to the Pen Island at www.penisland.net/

In this tough economic climate a site like Therapist Finder has a role to perform. Just go to www.therapistfinder.com/

How about www.powergenitalia.com/ which believe it or not is “under construction” based on a google search! It apparently belongs to Italian Power Generator company.

There are a couple of others which I omitted because they were a shade too bawdy especially for a first posting!

So, what’s in a name? I guess a lot if one is not careful!!