» What do you say we start calling it “The Webbie?”
I hear it all the time…people asking why Rhodia is calling their new hardback journal “The Webnotebook.” On my recent trip to Manhattan to meet with Karen, I posed that same question and the unofficial theory is that the president of Clairefontaine named it as such to represent a notebook that can be used to write down the ideas from the web of your mind. Knowing how my own mind is a constant tangle of thoughts and ideas, I like the name- though I do find it slightly long on the tongue.
So from this moment forward, I propose that we give it an easy to remember nickname. I think we should call it…..
The Webbie!
What do you think? Does it fit?
Comments
Would “The Webster” work?
I thought about Webster – then I thought of the dictionary and the television show…
I’m not fond of the Webbie idea. Sounds to much like the Molie used for moleskine. Why not just call it Web. Like: Please, hand me my Web. Or: Did anyone see where I left my Web?
Or we could call it a Rhode book (short for Rhodia and for the road we travel using them.)
I’m not a fan of “Webbie”. I don’t understand why it’s just not the company name? It’s one of the flagship products of the company and one of the most expensive, so why not just name it Rhodia?
Webnotebook sounds too generic to me. I think people that know what a Webnotebook is already know to ask/check if it’s 90g paper or not.
I like Rhode but I’m at a loss for other ideas.
If only I could have a Webbie… Or a Webie? I like the name. Webbie.. Webbie… Webbie… :)
>Or we could call it a Rhode book (short for Rhodia and for the road we travel using them.)
Rhodebook happened to be the first thing to pop into my mind as well. (Quickly followed by the ridiculous “Rhodia Scholar.”)
But would that sound too much like “Wrotebook” or “Rotebook?” (The latter suggesting you either learned through rote memory or engaged in the routine, which you probably wouldn’t want.)
Hmmmm, I always assumed it had something to do with the world wide web, but that really doesn’t make sense when I think about it. Webbie is fine with me as long as I can call the little ones weblings.
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