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To tell my friend her business name is rubbish?

161 replies

NChappy · 22/07/2017 12:21

She wants to call it Pasta Best. To me it sounds like her products are passed their best. Should I tell her before it is too late and she has started trading?

OP posts:
MikeUniformMike · 22/07/2017 13:07

Pasta Perfetta?

Queenofthedrivensnow · 22/07/2017 13:08

Unsupastable!!! Love it

MrsOverTheRoad · 22/07/2017 13:28

Pasta Master would be better if she's wanting a Punny name.

Though I HATE punny names.

I knew of a hairdresser called Deb and her shop was Deb on Hair.

Her niece's ambition was to have a similar shop called "Tracy on Hair"

I think poor old Tracy missed the point...

squoosh · 22/07/2017 13:31

I hate pun names too. Hairdressers are obsessed with pun names.

PetitErmitage · 22/07/2017 13:32

Grief I have actually seen a hairdressers called 'Curl up and Dye'!

Afterthestorm · 22/07/2017 13:38

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MumBod · 22/07/2017 13:41

There's a stall in my town called 'Kinky Donuts'. DS wondered if they were served in little fishnet stockings.

japonicaleaf · 22/07/2017 13:42

YANBU ... Pasta Best is an awful name. Confused

I like the name someone suggested 'Pasta Perfect.'

ZippyCameBack · 22/07/2017 13:44

Years ago, I was on a forum where one of the members had called her online craft supplies business The Lady Cave. She took a fair bit of convincing that she might attract the wrong sort of customer!
Naming a business is hard. I hate my business name but I have a lot of repeat customers so I don't want to change it and risk making it harder for them to find me. 12 years ago, I had 5 minutes to come up with a name and that was the best I could do. If someone had offered a better suggestion before I started trading I'd have been really grateful.

MommaGee · 22/07/2017 13:44

Unsurpastable stolen from upthread is what I would now call my pasta shop if I ever had one

japonicaleaf · 22/07/2017 13:45

Reminds me of a few people I knew 20 years ago, who formed a band and called themselves 'Harponica Chimes.' (They were attempting to be a rock band!) I thought the name was shit. I mean, what is a 'harponica?' They kept the name ... try googling it. Yeah that's right! They never got past the stage of local gigs.

squoosh · 22/07/2017 13:47

The Lady Cave Grin

There are some innocent people in this world!

ZippyCameBack · 22/07/2017 13:52

OMG the thread is still there (although I think the forum is now closed)
www.damsels.org/forum/forum/work-business/204038-my-ladycave-co-uk-is-now-open/page6

Mummyoflittledragon · 22/07/2017 13:57

Lady cave Grin. I don't think I've ever heard the expression but I was under no illusion as to the connotation.

katienana · 22/07/2017 14:15

Pasta Plate
Pasta Dish

Changebagsandgladrags · 22/07/2017 14:19

Yes your friend needs to remember that some people call is par-sta and some call it pas-ta.

LauderSyme · 22/07/2017 14:19

Yeah, Pasta Best is not good, it has connotations of something old and tired.
You should gently convince her.

plantsitter · 22/07/2017 14:22

Pastards?

PantPlot · 22/07/2017 14:25

A steakhouse near me (now closed) had a brief stint as

"Bare Grillz"

MikeUniformMike · 22/07/2017 14:25

I know someone who call is Parrsta.

How about Pasta la Vista?

Itsnotwhatitseems · 22/07/2017 14:26

Maybe your friend could personalize it..I saw a restaurant in London called Pasta Julia. So something like that (hopefully she isn't called Julia)

Itsnotwhatitseems · 22/07/2017 14:26

mind you

Pasta Brenda doesn't have the same ring to it does it

BewareOfDragons · 22/07/2017 14:28

I think you gently mention the negative connotation.

SapphireStrange · 22/07/2017 14:29

Bare Grillz Grin

Itsnotwhatitseems · 22/07/2017 14:29

just used a name generator and came up with The Pasta Tree...I quite like it