http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2007/acme/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2007/acme/#comment-164 Dad Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:21:28 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2007/10/19/acme/#comment-164 In the olden days, when I was young, there were any number of companies named Acme. There was Acme Nut and Bolt, Acme Machine, Acme Wheel, Acme Harness, Acme Rug, etc, etc. Wonder why a name so widely used in commerce simply falls from common use? I guess it's replaced by something people think of as grander than Acme. I think it's a good name, and I was sorry to see it go. But, then, I could have named our company Acme Controls, right? In the olden days, when I was young, there were any number of companies named Acme. There was Acme Nut and Bolt, Acme Machine, Acme Wheel, Acme Harness, Acme Rug, etc, etc. Wonder why a name so widely used in commerce simply falls from common use? I guess it’s replaced by something people think of as grander than Acme. I think it’s a good name, and I was sorry to see it go. But, then, I could have named our company Acme Controls, right?

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