Wednesday, November 21, 2007

ambigram: billabong-australia
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The surfing brand... not quite. As Language teachers, it is always fulfilling for us to see the mainstream usage of an obscure native language. Sadly, not many - especially the wearers/users themselves, ironically - know the origin of the brands. We believe one can learn interesting histories just by discovering the origin of brand-names...
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The meaning of 'Billabong': here
Origins of some of the big companies' names: here

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2 Comments:

Blogger scalpod said...

Always entertaining and educating...

Don't you ever dismiss class? ;)

Cheers to your dedication and drive!

3:59 PM  
Blogger nagfa said...

nice lexiconic dualisme, scalpod.. :)

salam,
nagfa

7:51 PM  

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