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I thought: "Azahar & Noggin's Really Nice Shop For Useful Things And Stuff"

RF

Yeah right, freddy, imagine answering the phone with that!!! Imagine the business cards!




az

Hi Az

1. Your country of origin? Wales, United Kingdom.
2. The country you live(d) in? Aden, France, Holland, Germany, Malta, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Japan, United States.
3. How long did you live/have you lived there? In order, 3yrs, 1 yr, 2 yrs, 1 yr, 1 yr, 2 yrs, 6 mths, 14 mths, 3 mths.
4. Reason for living there? RAF Dependent for the first 7, work, work.
5. Your age? 18mths-4yrs, 6yrs, 7-8 yrs, 9 yrs, 11-12 yrs, 13-14yrs, 14yrs, 29 yrs-30yrs, 36 yrs.
6. The things you missed? Marmite, Shredded Wheat, Guiness, Rugby.

Hope that helps more than confuses

Blessings,
Matholwch /|\

Hi Az

"The Village Shop"?

Blessings,
Matholwch /|\

Or maybe just 'Global Village' since it's kind of obvious that it's a shop? Thanks!

az

>> Yeah right, freddy, imagine answering the phone with that!!! Imagine the business cards! <<

Not forgetting the website!

http://www.azaharandnogginsreallyniceshopforusefulthingsandstuff.com

RF

Oh now, just stop being silly - stop it right now!

Will only accept SERIOUS suggestions from now on . . .




az

OK, serious face

Little Britain (with a picture of David Walliams and Matt Lucas )
An Englishman Abroad (OK, I know you're neither of you English...)
Eureka! (...'cos that's what all your customers will say when they find the precious things )

Silly face

Drake's
Little Gibraltar...hmm, perhaps not.

RF

same country as one i miss gb still living here but not the same country grew up in hence all you expats out there

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Actually, Noggin was born in London. Which *should* make him English . . .


az

There are lots of catchy names such as "Best of British" (a friend of mine always said she'd call her shop that if she ever opened one, but you need something that also covers Canada, USA, Oz etc etc.

The only common factor is really the language, so it'll have to be something with "English", "Anglo" or "Ingles" in it.

How about "Do you speak English?". It's the one phrase that is really international with a phrase book flavour, but quirky. Then again, there's the phone answering problem.....

OK I can feel my brain storming again. Watch out:

Anglophilia
Expat-a-cake
F.U.X. (as in the Two Ronnies sketch : F U X? I F X. M N X? etc etc. Or better still: F U T?
... getting a bit silly here.
"To buy or not to buy"
Good buy. ... Hmm people might think you're trying to get rid of them.
The Shop.
Or even: Ye Shoppe
The Jolly Good Cuppa.
The Pot and the Kettle
The Square Meal
Legal Alien
Los amigos extranjeros
Tea for Two
Hope and Glory
Last Chance to buy digestive biscuits until Gibraltar
Entente Cordiale
The Battle of Trafalgar
The Yellow Submarine
The Magical Mystery Tour

>> Actually, Noggin was born in London. Which *should* make him English . . . <<

My sister was born in Aden, but she's not Yemeni.



RF

Hmmm, okay. 34 years in London, 17 years in Wales and 6 months in Spain. . .


az

nuff.

For some reason I had this idea in my head he was Oirish. Why would that be?

RF

No idea. Most people on hootoo think he's Welsh but that's because that's where he was living when they asked them.

az

Come up with a name yet, then? What was the one you had originally?

RF

Well, the one I like best so far is Foreign Affairs, but it still doesn't seem quite *it*.


az

well az copyright aside (from home and away,) that way catches australian and spanish citizens,

I *love* Global Village as a name.. Says it all, and so succinctly.

Az, when the time comes, if you and Noggin want some help designing logo, business cards, etc., I'd be happy to work on it with you. I do that sometimes for friends.

I don't think it needs to refer to England, just be 'stick in the mindable'. How about Azahar's Bazaar