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September 19, 2006 12:03 AM
Broken: Dental clinic name
A reader named Jonathan submits a picture taken in Taipei, Taiwan:
I knew that luxury designer names were being knocked off for bags, but who knew that people were using luxury designer's names for dental clinics as well!
Y'know, the dentist could just be named Louis V.
This may not formally be a `knockoff,' by the way, since trademarks are limited to certain domains. E.g., Domino Sugar is not a knockoff of Domino's Pizza or vice versa. Unless Louis Vuitton has registered his trademark in dentistry, Louis Vuitton, DDS, is perfectly in line.
When I was in Taiwan, I noticed several mis-uses of English words that business owners used. I guess they are trying to show they know English. My favorite one was a place called "Stupid Iced Tea."
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Hey, my great-grandmother goes there. She's a toothless old bag. :-P
Posted by: SilvorMoon at September 19, 2006 12:14 AM