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Which name do you prefer?
azahar Posted Oct 3, 2005
Just wondering if anyone knows of (or is) a good webpage designer. We're shopping around for one at the moment and receiving some quotes but it's always nice to get a personal recommendation. 
In case this might constitute 'advertising' information can be sent to me at my hootoo email: azaharh2g2 (at) yahoo (dot) com.
az
Which name do you prefer?
Recumbentman Posted Oct 3, 2005
Glad to see 'eclipse' eclipsed anyway. Are you getting eclipsed in Spain right now? Here in Cascais near Lisbon the morning has gone all dull. I just saw the sun reflected in a building, and it was the shape of the mouth in 
Which name do you prefer?
azahar Posted Oct 3, 2005
It's still bright and shiny here - didn't even know there was an eclipse today.
Yeah, as far as the name goes we won't be using eclipse - I think we are going to go with bambú.
az
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azahar Posted Oct 3, 2005
. . . at least I thought so until I spoke to some Spanish people today who said bohemia sounds lovely in Spanish and also has the connotation of a free and easy lifestyle - meanwhile bambú reminds them of cheap Asian goods. 
Back to square one . . .
az
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psychocandy-moderation team leader Posted Oct 3, 2005
Isn't that always the way?
I'm going to take a survey amongst my friends and coworkers and see what they say.
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pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Oct 4, 2005
still think you need imagne yourself newly coined word
..a word that feels like your clothes!
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HonestIago Posted Oct 4, 2005
>>meanwhile bambú reminds them of cheap Asian goods<<
When thinking up names az don't forget it doesn't have to mean anything in English, a lot of brand names don't. I think a nice-sounding word that means something in Spanish would do well over here even if most people didn't know what it meant
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azahar Posted Oct 7, 2005
I've just started taking yoga classes and thought something from that vocabulary might work. What do you think of these ones?
santosha (contentment)
prasada (grace, clarity)
asana (postures)
az
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azahar Posted Oct 7, 2005
One more:
sahaja (the coexistence of the Ultimate reality with the worldly reality, together)
az
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azahar Posted Oct 7, 2005
Two Spanish ones.
mimar (to pamper)
mimada (pampered, spoilt)
az
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psychocandy-moderation team leader Posted Oct 7, 2005
Maybe it's just me being cranky again, but the yoga terminologies kind of give me the same "hippy-dippy" or flaky-new-agey impression that some people said "bohemia" gave them.
I like the Spanish ones. All of them. I have to repeat them all several times with my eyes closed in order to choose which I like most.
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Lady in a tree Posted Oct 7, 2005
What does sôma translate to? I like that one. How do you pronounce it?
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azahar Posted Oct 7, 2005
sôma is sanskrit for body (basic definition)
pronounced soma (long o, short a)
az
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azahar Posted Oct 20, 2005
Okay, don't kill me, but we are actually now considering using the name 'azahar'.
We found out the other day that you can't register a word that is in the dictionary as a trademark, so we'd be safe there (at least for selling in Spain).
Even though there are quite a few products our there with the same name, the only clothing-related one I could find was a line of corsets in Almería.
Anyhow, not totally decided on it (as usual) but we are going to have to decide soon as we need to get garment labels made.
az
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psychocandy-moderation team leader Posted Oct 20, 2005
>We found out the other day that you can't register a word that is in the dictionary as a trademark<
Wow, that's harsh! 
I like "azahar", too. It conveys a sense of "simple" elegance and relaxed beauty, much like that of its namesake.
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Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Posted Oct 20, 2005
The upside of the trademarking thing is that nobody can stop you from using it. The downside of the trademarking thing is that, if you're successful, you can't stop anybody else from using it, and they'd start to steal your business.
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azahar Posted Dec 5, 2005
Back again with yet another new name.
'anywear'
Comments please?
The feedback on the collection so far is that the clothes look very comfortable and could be used for either sleepwear, streetwear, beachwear, etc.
We have about two weeks left to make up our minds on the name.
Help???
az
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