discuss Domains and Phonetics

[Want2learn]

I have noticed a few more domains popping up that are being advertised on the radio. It has gotten me to thinking. Wrynt = Rent . . .

Think names like this that do not pass the "radio" test have upside at all?

 

[Kuffy]

Sound like a duud name.

 

[Andrew Knox]

And then they're likely to also spell it as dood instead of duud
So can't get around spelling it out for them anyway

I'll see how it goes. I think duud is good

 

[anantj]

I'll see how it goes. I think duud is good

Oh yes. I did not mean to imply it is not. Not all good domains necessarily pass the radio test.

 

[Kuffy]

The Coca-Cola name in China, for example, was initially rendered as “ke-kou-ke-la” on thousands of signs before it was found that the meaning of the phrase was either “bite the wax tadpole” or “female horse stuffed with wax" .

I found this quote whilst researching something else.

 

[lambo.com]

I have noticed a few more domains popping up that are being advertised on the radio. It has gotten me to thinking. Wrynt = Rent . . .

Think names like this that do not pass the "radio" test have upside at all?

Absolutely not

 

[james haw]

"Reddit" is not similar. It's a catchy name and has relevant meaning to the site content, and is fine for the type of site/business it is.

Rental based companies should have a quality business sounding name, "Wrynt" is a terrible tacky name for a business of that nature IMO. It's not clear, and it reads as "rint" more than it does "rent". The silent "w" just makes it worse.