各大跨国公司的命名之谜

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<font color="#000080"><strong><font face="Tahoma">7-Eleven </font></strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：这个连锁便利店最初始于</span><font face="sans-serif">
                        <span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">1927</span></font></font>
        <font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">年的</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"> U-Tote"m</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> ，</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">1946</span></font><font color="#000080">
                <span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">年</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                <span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">U-Tote"m</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 改名为</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"> 7-Eleven</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">，因为这家便利店把营业时间延长为每天早上</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                <span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">7</span></font><font color="#000080">
                <span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">点到晚上</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"> 11</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">点</span>
        </font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Adidas</span>
                </font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：阿迪达斯。来源于其创立者</span>
        </font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Adolf (Adi) Dassler</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#e6e6dd">
                <span style="COLOR: rgb(230,230,221); FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"></span></font><font color="#e6e6dd"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: rgb(230,230,221);">，</span></font><span lang="ZH-CN">还有一个搞笑的解释：</span><font face="sans-serif">
                <span style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">all day i dream about sex </span></font><span lang="ZH-CN">～</span><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Adobe</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> ：这家公司的创立者</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">John Warnock</span></font><font color="#000080">
                <span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">和</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                <span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Chuck Geschke</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 的房子后面有一条名为</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"> Adobe Creek</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">的河</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                        <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/><a href="http://amazon.com/" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></span></font></b><font color="#000080">
                <span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：原来这家公司叫做</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><a href="http://cadabra.com/" target="_blank"> Cadabra.com</a></span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">，后来其创立者</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Jeff Bezos</span></font>
        <font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">改用世界上最著名的河流</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">——</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 亚马逊</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">——</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">来命名这家公司。</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                        <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Apple</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：有说是史蒂夫</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"> ·</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">乔布斯最喜爱的水果，有说是因为他一度在苹果园里工作</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">
                                <br/><br/>Audi</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：奥迪。是德文</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Horch</span></font><font color="#000080">
                <span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">的拉丁文写法，因为其创立者是</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">August Horch</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 。</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Bridgestone</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> ：普利司通。其创立者是石桥正二郎，公司名字根据其石桥的姓氏而来。 </span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Canon</span></font></b><b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy;"> ：佳能</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">。</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">1933</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 年最初称为精密光学仪器实验室，新名字来源于公司的第一款相机产品</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Kwannon</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">，在日语里就是大慈大悲观世音菩萨的意思。 </span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Debian</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：其创立者</span>
        </font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Ian Murdock</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">用自己和女友</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                <span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Debra</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">的名字混在一起来命名的。</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">
                                <br/><br/>eBay</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：最初这家公司叫做</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Echo Bay</span></font>
        <font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">，这个</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Echo Bay</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 并不是美国内华达州的那个城镇，而是仅仅因为听起来比较酷才取这个名字，后来</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Pierre Omidyar</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 又想出了更好的名字：</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">eBay.com<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;"><br/><br/>Epson</span></b></span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> ：爱普生。日本的爱普生精工公司，名字的意思是电子打印机之子</span></font><b><font face="Arial" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><br/><br/>H?agen-Dazs</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> ：哈根达斯。通常大家都以为这是个欧洲的名字，其实这仅仅是美国人把两个部分拼凑在一起而成的，为了看上去像是一个北欧的名字而已</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>IKEA</span></font></b><font color="#000080">
                <span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：宜家。这家公司的创立者</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Ingvar Kamprad</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 在一个名为</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">的村子里长大。</span>
        </font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>LEGO</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：乐高。是丹麦语</span>
        </font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">leg godt</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">的组合，意思是玩好。而且</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                <span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Lego</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">在拉丁语中还有放在一起的意思</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">
                                <br/><br/>Mercedes</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：梅塞德斯。是</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Emil Jellinek</span>
        </font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">女儿的名字，</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Emil Jellinek</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 在</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">1900</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">年是戴姆勒公司的零件商。</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                        <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Motorola</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：摩托罗拉。当时其创立者</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                <span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Paul Galvin</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">的</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"> Galvin</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">制造公司准备转向生产车载无线电装置，而当时的电子产品都爱用</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">ola</span></font>
        <font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">作为结尾。</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Nokia</span></font></b><font color="#000080">
                <span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：诺基亚。最初这家公司是生产纸浆的，后来在芬兰城市</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Nokia</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 开始投入塑料制品的生产，随后公司采用了这个城市的名字。</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Oracle</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> ：甲骨文。因为</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Larry Ellison</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">、</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                <span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Ed Oates</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">和</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"> Bob Miner</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">曾经为</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">CIA</span></font><font color="#000080">
                <span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">的一项工程服务，这个工程就称为</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Oracle</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> 。</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Pepsi</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：百事。从胃蛋白酶（ </span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">pepsin</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">）而来。</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                        <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Reebok</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：锐步。是非洲短角羚（</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                <span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">rhebok</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">）重新拼写的结果。</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">
                                <br/><br/>Sharp</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：夏普。来自于这家日本消费电子公司的首款产品，一个永远锋利的铅笔</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">
                                <br/><br/>Starbucks</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：星巴克。是小说《</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Moby-Dick</span>
        </font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">》中的人物名字。</span></font><b><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Virgin</span></font>
        </b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">：维珍。因为公司的创立者</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">Richard Branson</span></font><font color="#000080">
                <span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">和其朋友们，在事业起步的时候，都是</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">virgin</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> （处男处女）。</span></font><b>
                <font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Volvo</span></font></b><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;"> ：沃尔沃。来自于拉丁字母</span></font>
        <font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">volvo</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">，意思是</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080">
                <span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;">"</span></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="COLOR: navy;">我滚～</span></font><font face="sans-serif" color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;"> " </span></font>

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