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March 03, 2008
Naming success
You want a secret to success for your latest Web venture? I can tell you in two syllables: Trochee.
A trochee or choree, choreus, is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.
Can it be that simple? See for yourself. Find the most popular Web sites. Say their names out loud. Ponder the stress pattern -
YouTube
eBay
Reddit
SlashDot
Flickr
Google
Yahoo
MySpace
FaceBook
PayPal
Craigslist
Orkut
Wordpress
Blogspot
Netflix....
(Original insight by Mike Pope)
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Leg tat at the 11ª Convenção Internacional de Tattoo. (From No touch monkey)
Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave
Had twenty-three sons, and she named them all Dave?
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lol, oddly that picture with the barrel crusher relieves stress when I watch it over and over.
Posted by: Big Money Forum at Apr 12, 2008 12:05:33 PM