Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: I'm curious about DFS's experiment with DE's Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 07:57:13 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:57:14 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7846a32445f24add945e358dcea222d9"; logging-data="304732"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/9Ba5Dk/GDwffua3sc25Ws" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:rzom3IkTt+2HlFLpPVOe3h21DpU= X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Slrn: Why use anything else? Bytes: 2821 rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:33:43 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > >> rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: >> >>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:09:58 -0400, DFS wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Have you tried Entenmann's choc cupcakes? >>>> >>>> https://www.entenmanns.com/en/products/chocolate-crème-filled-cupcakes >>> >>> Entemann's isn't bad but it can't compare to Freihofer's chocolate chip >>> cookies or in this season Freihofer's hot cross buns. Neither make it >>> west of the Mississippi afaik so I'm spared the temptation. >>> >>> Both now are owned by Bimbo Bakeries. How the hell did that company >>> avoid being canceled by the bimbos? >> >> It's a multinational Mexican co. > > So it is. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Bakeries_USA > > "The name "Bimbo" was first coined in 1945 when the company switched from > Super Pan S.A.[clarification needed] A blend of the words "bingo" and > "Bambi",[9] the name's innocent, childlike associations fit the image that > the company wished to build. The English word "bimbo", with its negative > connotations, has no corollary in Spanish." > > Car manufacturers have also picked inappropriate names for models > targeting a non-English market. The perils of being a multinational. Chevy Nova ("no go") -- You're a card which will have to be dealt with.