Still The Sage

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1. I’m with you on the Sage but then I’m still calling Snickers by their proper name!! However I can see that the brands you have mentioned have all gone through a name change for the better. Google, Nike, Sony and Pepsi. But not the Sage…..

2. I live in Runcorn. More than fifty years, a new town was built. This is still known as the New Town. We became known as the Old Town, even on sign posts. I DON’T live in tne Old Town. I still live in Runcorn.

3. Not name changes as such but similar to the Sage is what drug companies do to name their drugs. Short and snappy names, easy to write or type for harried health professionals who lost their ability to write legibly years ago.

   Losec not omeprazole,
   Zocor not simvastatin,
   Prozac not fluoxetine…

4. One that’s close to my heart.
   I work as a tour guide (I don’t call it work because I love it) at the most famous of Welsh rugby stadiums.
   It started off as the Millennium Stadium and then in 2016 the Welsh Rugby Union sold the naming rights to a building society. It is now called Principality Stadium.
   As was pointed out to me when I first started there, it’s not “The” Principality Stadium but simply Principality Stadium.
   I’m not a Welsh speaker (I know some) but understand that it is a quirk of the language.

5. I’m not a great fan of name changes. Especially when there isn’t really a need. Bring back the Marathon and the opal fruits!
   As for the four you mention – Google, Addidas, Kyoto, Budweiser?

6. For me the worst name changes are places. When people change the name of a pub it just confuses everyone, the locals still call it by the old name and new people don’t know what you are on about.

7. Some names are forced to change by the idiotic actions that they take. Bud Light needs a name change. And then there are those that add on a name. A hyphenated name for people that cannot make up their mind. Either keep your name or change your name, both names don’t cut it, especially when the second generation decides not to change their name either, but add on yet another. When will that come to an end?

8. I work in education – When a school is graded as not doing such a good job by OFSTED they can be forced to become an academy – this often leads to a name change for the school – same building, same pupils, same staff what’s the point? Re-branding should be for a clear purpose not just a policy of hope things get better or sales improve. I’m not over Jif to Cif

9. OK with The Glasshouse. Disappointed that ‘Gateshead’ isn’t included in the new name. x

10. Just can’t believe anyone wants to go see the Gypsy Kings.
    Each to their own I suppose.

11. We appear to have entered a time where a pandemic of change is sweeping through and undermining common sense. He/she is to be replaced with whatever the holder wishes, regardless of logic. The Labour Party should find an alternative name, but refrains. The change in my pocket appears to be shortly outlawed; to be substituted by plastic cards. Changes in law ignored. Changes in weather patterns blamed solely on man. Fossil fuelled cars changing to electric. The list is endless, but are any really necessary for a better world? All have the ability to do the opposite.

12. When I started way back when, in Law Enforcement, the agency I worked for, went through changes as it expanded. Several changes for the organisation… here we go:

    I joined the Regional Crime Squad, which became

    National Crime Squad, which became

    Serious & Organised Crime Squad, then
    Finally they called it:

    National Crime Agency.

    All these changes meant taxpayers money spent every change on new logos, new id badges, new warrant cards, new signage new branding…. The list goes on.

    But if you break it down, the NCA, dubbed the British FBI, was first Regional, then it became National, then changed to SOCA, before finally deciding to keep ‘National’ and ‘Crime’.

    For me all these changes just show is it’s admitted it’s National but it wasn’t Serious or Organised 🤣

13. I’m with you on brand names, Marathon, Vim not Cif etc! But one constant has got to be Hoover, a brand name that became a verb. For most of us, whether you own a Dyson, Shark, Miele etc., you still ‘Hoover’ your carpets!

14. I, as you know, like you am a bit long in the tooth. That said, everything changes it’s the 4th Law of the universe you know.

    I suggest the phenomenon you’re referring to is based upon the 2nd pillar of truth, i.e. “truth changes with time”.

    At present the truth is as you outline, however over time it will change and I reckon the next generation will simply refer to it as The Glasshouse.