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Linguistic and phonetic checks

Lesson 5 of 10 in Naming.

The Hidden Linguistic Messages in Brand Names! | Otherwords · Storied

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A name is a sound before it is a logo. It gets said on the phone, heard across a room, and typed by somebody who only heard it once, and a name failing any of those loses customers silently.

Hundreds of names narrowing through screening to the two that survive.

In a crowded café, a customer calls out from the queue while a puzzled barista holds a pen above a blank paper cup and two colleagues lean in. — A customer calls a name across a noisy café and the barista, pen over a blank cup, has no idea how to spell it. A name has to survive being heard once and then written down.

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Question 1, locked
Somebody hears your name once on a podcast in the car. Which failure loses that customer outright, with no advertising able to repair it?
- They cannot remember which category the name belongs to.
- They cannot type what they heard, so they find a competitor instead.
- They shorten a long name, and the short form is not the one you chose.
- They adapt the sounds into something their own language can say more easily.
Question 2, locked
Which of these words means this? “Whether the name can be said, heard and repeated correctly by a stranger.”
- In-context mock
- Recall test
- Modifier
- Phonetic check
Question 3, locked
Which of these words means this? “Whether it can be spelled after being heard. Decides whether people can find you.”
- Modifier
- Orthographic check
- Native speaker check
- Phonetic check

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